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Died. The Maharajah of Bikaner, General His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani; Maharajah Sri Ganga Singhji Bahadur, 62, soldier-statesman: of cancer of the throat; in Bombay. He succeeded to the title when he was seven, began to rule Bikaner (pop. about 1,000,000) when he was 18. He multiplied the province's income tenfold. For the British he commanded the Bikaner Camel Corps in the Boxer Rebellion, served in the Imperial War Cabinet in World War I, was the only Indian to sign the Versailles Treaty. For 40 years he dazzled English coronations, a walking tower...
...Hindu in Manhattan last week spoke out with subcontinent-sized statesmanship. He was warmhearted, mild-voiced Rai Bahadur Khanna, member of the Working Committee of the Hindu Mahasabha (India's third largest political party), who was in America with Britain's blessing as delegate to the International Pacific Relations Conference recently held in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. His program: > All controversial issues in India to be left in "cold storage" until war's end; > A British guarantee-now-for Indian independence as soon as the war is over; >A national government to be set up-now-to administer...
...Bahadur Khanna said the Indian question must be settled now, because: 1) "the world will no longer feel vitally concerned about what happens in India after the war"; 2) the Axis is pouring out propaganda to the Indians and, though the great majority of them are anti-Axis, they listen "to get other than a British viewpoint on the war"; 3) "the longer the problem remains unsolved, the more the Indians will turn to extremists for a violent solution-on the basis that the moderates have failed...
...Allahabad issued a stiff statement: "Judging by the Government's industrial policy during the war and the failure to provide the people with sufficient food at reasonable prices, it has failed in vital matters affecting the nation in this crisis." Present at the conference was moderate Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. When a United Nations enthusiast like Sir Tej supports such a statement, things must be worse than usual...
...Perfectly disastrous," was the way one of India's leading statesmen summed up the attitude of Mahatma Gandhi in the present Indian crisis. Speaking over the Crimson Network last night, Diwan Bahadur Runganadhan, advisor to the Secretary of State for India in the British Cabinet, expressed his belief that "Gandhi is betraying the entire cause of human liberty" by his advocacy of non-violence and pacifism at this time...