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After the War came the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms?dyarchy.? The Amritsar affair in which hundreds of Indians were wantonly butchered caused Gandhi to begin his noncooperation movement. For a time, Das was heart and soul with Gandhi, and his fervor caused his incarceration for a brief spell at Alipore. Noncoöperation was soon proved to be leading nowhere. Of the 46 million Bengalese, not 10% voluntarily supported the movement; while an insignificant but dangerous section of the population thought non-coöperation the mildest and most absurd of protests. So long as the masses could bathe uninterruptedly...
...third time in succession, the Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman was elected to "the Chair" (Governorship) of the Bank of England...
Undetected, like a shadow in the dead of night. Governor Montagu Norman of the Bank of England made his way to the U. S. Why had he come? What was he doing? Governor Norman was silent. Wall Street magnates blew smoke rings from their fat cigars and looked wise...
...Chicago's most distinguished murders- by his friends with innumerable secret charities, kindnesses. Said an old woman: "He put my boy on the right track." Said a newsboy: "He was a swell feller." Said Mayor Dever of Chicago: "The rule of the Gat is ended." Died. Edwin S. Montagu, 45, onetime Secretary of State for India; in London. He held his portfolio in the Lloyd George cabinet...
About the same time, a small group of men assembled in the Governor's rooms of the Bank of England and signed an important contract. Chief among the men present were the Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman, Governor of the Bank of England; J. P. Morgan, representing U. S. underwriters; Dr. Schacht, President of the Reichsbank, and Dr. Hans Luther, German Minister of Finance, representing their Fatherland...