Commissioner had to bear a greater burden than fell to the lot of Sir Cecil Clementi? He arrived here just the great world slump was beginning to make itself felt, and he has had to bbe at the helm all through the worst eried, "His was the hand that had sign decrees retrenching good men and true, and the burden grew almost heavier than he could bear. In every direction it began to seem that aya was slowly being ruined, and while all were willing to advise the Governor no one liked the medicine that he dished out when he decided on drastic retrenchment as one means of salvation, That he should have borne the heat and burden of the day. and had no chance of coming. into the ease of less troubled waters must be a great grief to one who certainly ut Malaya's interests before his own.
In every local newspaper _one can read the same thing—that Sir Cecil was much beloved as a man and much detested as an oficial. And. this 1s, unfortunately, very true. T have travelled all over Malaya, and X have Ustened to men and women in all of life discussing " him, seldom heard of any official who met with such universal oppronum because of the manner of his ters officially, s0 that every was put up. ' Tt is no wonder that, from London we hear that his polley in regard to local education met with strong disapproval from the Colonial 'OMe, and that it is partly on account of this that Sir Cecil found it necessary to resign.
As for the new Governor, the following from a local newspaper pro-ably sums up what we are all f ing in the matter: "His service of 25 years has been entirely in the ploneer-Ing sphere of East Africa, From the records that are at present available to us he does not appear to lay claim to any linguistic abilities or 10 any expert knowledge in excise matters. But he has a_record eady,, ard administrative" work which has earned him quick recogn'= tion." Tt is thought that at long last the Colonial Omice "has come round to our view that... Malaya deserves a period of tranquillity and freedom from domination,"
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