Some grave problems in regard to the defence of India were raised recently in London by Mr, Edwin Maward, the Editor of the "Pioneer" in a paper which he read before the Central Asian Society! and in which he emphasized that} the adequacy of the Air Force India needed careful examination.
He pointed out that the Russian Air! Forces in Turkestan had vastly improved in quality and had. increased in quantity during the Past year; algo, that the Afghan Air Force which is chiefly machined and manned by Russians has now 12 serviceable machines whilst is proposed to increase the number of fighting machines to 30.
India, he maintained, has no antiaircraft guns and no measures, while Rust specializing in gas and India's aeroplanes are not so fast as the best Russian machines in Kabul.
Regarding the question of the Bei ish garrison in India, he suggest that both the Indian politician and British tax-payer should examine coolly the interesting proposal, recently put forward by Reginald Craddock, that the British taxpayer should be responsible for the expenditure on the garrison to the extent of £10,000,000 annually und that India, in return, should rive preference to British goods. Finally, he emphasized that unless India was adequately defended her aspirations to Dominion status must idle dreams. The responsibility for her defence must be ily Imperial and so involve cable adjust me:
Few ladies in more active. public career than the Justice of Bengal, who died in London on January' 24, a few hours after the arrival there from India of her husband. In the cold weather of 1915 when Sir Lancelot came out to India as Chief Justice of Bengal, Lady Sanderson accompanied him. From that date till her final" departure~ from Calcutta in the beginning of 1925 she took a leading part in every form of social activity in the city which had for its aim the welfare of the people, especially women and children, Lady Sanderson continued+ the work inaugurated by Lady Carmichael in. the shape of War Depots throughout India and was the head of the Calcutta Depot, She also took a very active part in all the activities of the Bengal Provincial Branch of the Red Cross Society which followed the closing of the Depot. In addition she was the President of the St. John's Ambulance Nursing Division, President of the Greer Park for Indian Ladies, Provincial Commi: sioner for Girl Guides and, T believe, President of the National Indian Association. In every enterprise she undertook she won the hearts of all by her charming personality, ready tact and quick sympathy.
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