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...chiefly to Lord Montagu, the ex-Secretary of State for India, that the newspapers owe the recent revelation of the state of affairs in that province--a state of affairs hitherto concealed rather carefully. It appears that Montagu, regarding the Moslem element as the dominating force in India, published a few days ago a memorandum of the Indian Government which explained the demands made by the Kaliphat, or Moslem movement; including the restoration to the Turk of Constantinople, Thrace, and Smyrna, and the submission of the holy places of Islam--Jerusalem and Mecca--to the authority of the Sultan...
...Hindu, who is the real evil genius of the whole difficulty. Perhaps the only way out of this curious tangle lies in a temporary resort to force, together with a defiance of Mohammedan threats. At all events, this is almost certain to be the policy if a conservative takes Montagu's place in the British Cabinet...
...expectation of Germany, remained loyal, when self-determination was held out to the Arab States, and when Egypt had a prospect of independence, the Indian began to demand that his system of government be radically changed. Recognizing the seriousness of the situation the British government sent Lord Montagu to India in 1918 to study the country and return a report to Parliament advising what course to pursue. In June, 1918, Lord Montagu presented his report, which ranks with Lord-Durham's famous report on Canada, and which has led to the adoption of the present diarchial form of government...
...Harder, G. A., Hartley, J. M. 2nd, Hendricks, A. E., Huson, C. E., Irwin, R. M., Jaffee, J. E., Jordan, R. R., Kelley, P. J., Knapp, D. E., Langer, W. C., Lewis, J. H. Lindsley, W. S., McArdle, F. J., McKnight, R. D. A., Mattingley, Garrett, Miller, A. L. Montagu, E. E. S., Norton, R. J., Orton, K. V., Palmer, P. M., Powers, W. E., Roberts, M. G., Ross, A. S., Shapiro, Isador, Skelton, F A., Smith, E. C., Smith, M. E. Jr., Sullivan, J. H., Tedesco, A. P., Whidden, C. D., White, Osborne, Kearns...
...criticism of Marie Bashkirtseff's Journal, G.H. Montagu has met his baffling problem with great analytical power. He has put before us with much vividness the conflicting characteristics of a many-sided mind. His synthesis is not, however, on a par with his analysis...