The New York herald., 1922-03-09
Says Nation Deserves Com
pletest Fulfillment Of
Reasonable Aspirations.
WOULD QUIT STAMBOUL
Urges Restoration to Turkey
of Thrace, Adrianople
and Smyrna.

DELHI, India, March ASSOCIATED
Press).-After consultation with all
the provincial administrations, the
growing discomfort and unrest. has
sent the following telegram to the Rt.
lion. Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secre-
tary OF State for India:
''On the eve of the Greek-Turk con-
ference we feel that it is our duty
again to lay before your Majesty's
Government the intensity of feeling in
India regarding the necessity for a
revision OF the Sevres treaty between
Turkey and the Allies.
"The Government in India is fully
conscious of the complexity of this
problem, but India's record in the war,
in which Indian Moslem soldiers par
ticipated in such great numbers and
the support which the Indian Moslem
cause has received in the entire ma
ton, entitle her claim to the COM
pletest fulhllment and justify her rea-
sonable aspirations.
1.-THE Government in India particu-
larly emphasizes the necessity of
guaranteeing the neutrality of the
Dardanelles and the security OF its
non -Moslem peoples. 1t also urges
evacuation of Constantinople, sover-
eighty Of the Sulan over holy places,
restoration of the Turk in Thrace, also
in Adrianople and Smyrna. The Gov
ernment urges that these points are of
supreme Importance to India"
Speaking to-day in the Legislative AS
sembly in reply TO criticisms OF military
expenditure, Gen. Lord Rawlinson, Com
mander in Chief OF the British troops In
India. said that despite efforts to reduce
the expenses of the army the rise in food
prices, clothing and rail charges had
swallowed up all the economies.
lie declared no further reduction of the
army was now possible on account OF
seditious propa ganoa which was being
circulated among the population. neces-
stating the calling out of troops almost
daily 10 preserve peace and guard against
attempts OF seditionists to tamper with
the loyalty of Indian soldiers.
Gen. Rawlinson asserted that the IN
ternal state Of India gave cause for seri-
Gus anxiety. and the ability of the Gov
ernment to maintain law and order he
feared. would be seriously tested at no
distant date. lie declared he would not
be fulfilling his duty as military ad-
wiser 10 the Government il he agreed to
reduce the number of fighting troops. for
the army was the only bulwark against
chaos and disorder.
LONDON, March (Thursday).-A
dispatch to the London Times from
Delhi India, dated Tuesday. empha-
sizes the seriousness of the extent TO
which the military budget Of So crores
Ca crore Is equivalent to 100000
rupees) has been criticized in the AS
scmbly during the past two days. The
dispatch declares that the greatest
statesnanship will be required by both
sides III a tremendous clash ON the old
question of taxation and representation
is TO be avoided"
The statement OF William HALEY,
Minister of Finance, that the Govern
ment was unable to consent TO any re-
. ducton In the military estimate was re-
ceved with silence. as native speakers
one after the other had declared the
House would not accept responsibility
for the military budget.
In a solemn peroration Mr., HALEY
asked whether the Assembly had really
como to the parting of the ways. He
said the Viccroy and the Government
stood sincerely for reform, but that the
avenue for q constitutional advance was
that laid down by the Parliament.