[SHORT NOTICES ONLY APPEAR IN THIS SECTION.] Anthropological Papers: Part II. By This book is a collection of twenty papers read by Mr. Modi on various occasions before the Anthropological Society of Bombay. It fully maintains the author's reputation as an able and prolific writer on anthropological subjects. Among the particularly interesting papers included in this volume may be mentioned those on Parsee ceremonies, rites and customs, the Ancient Iranian Belief and Folklore about the Moon and the Pundits of Kashmir. A Short History of the Mahrattas. By Upendra Nath Ball, M.A. Published by Rama Krishna and Sons, Anarkali, Lahore. Rs. 1-8. This is a very useful publication intended mainly for the B.A. class students of the Punjab University. The author has evidently consulted most of the standard authorities on the subject and carefully marshalled all the relevant and material facts bearing on the rise of the great Mahratta power. Mr Ball's account of Shivaji is at once succinct, accurate and reliable. The title is somewhat misleading, for the book takes us down only to the death of Shivaji. The Rowlatt Act: Its origin, scope and The Years Between. By Rudyard Kipling. In this volume has been collected together Mr. Kipling's poems written at intervals during the past several years To appreciative readers of Mr. Kipling's works, this book must be welcome, as it gives a varied selection of his best literary efforts. The Oxford History of India. By Vincent A. Smith, C.I E. The Clarendon Press, Oxford. This book gives a comprehensive history of India from the earliest period up to the close of the year 1911. The visit of Their Majesties to India for the Delhi Durbar is also recorded. Such a concise work from this eminent historian must find a place in every library. It is amply illustrated and will be valued by students as a handbook of Indian history very much like Mr. Green's "History of the English People." Sohrab and Rustum; Sree and SoreThroat. H. W. B. Moreno, Central Press, Calcutta. RELIGIOUS MYSTICISM OF THE UPANISHADS. By A HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. By Joseph Davey Cun- INTERNATIONALISM. By Wilbur F. Crafts, PH. D. THE SILK INDUSTRY AND TRADE. By Ratan C. Raw- BENOIT CASTANI Translated by Arthur C. Richmond, THE NEW FLIZABETHANS. By E. B. Osborn: Jane A MANUAL OF DISTRICT BOARD WORK; PART I. By May 25. The King to-day receives Capt. Raja Sir Hari Singh of Kashmir. May 26. Sir M. O'Dwyer makes over charge of his office to Sir Edward Maclagan. Government of India's despatch on the reform scheme is published. May 27. The Bombay Chronicle" is asked to deposit Rs. 5,000 provisionally. May 28. Sir Michael O'Dwyer recommends abrogation of martial law in the Punjab. May 29. In the Commons Mr. Montagu formally introduces the Government of India Bill. The Germans hand over their reply to the Allies. May 30. The Indian Association, Calcutta, sends a cable to Mr. Montagu, Lord Sinha and Mr. B. N. Basu protesting against the Government of India despatch. May 31. June 2. Both the Proprietor and Editor of Pundit Malaviya is re-elected to the Protest meeting in Madras against the June 6. A manifesto is issued in Bombay offering co-operation with the Government in putting down lawlessness. June 7. Count Rantzau has handed a letter to the Peace Conference protesting against the establishment of the Rhenish Republic. June 8. Messrs. Shaukat and Mohamed Ali have been lodged in the Tul Jail. June 9. Security of Rs. 10,000 is demanded from the Bombay Chronicle. June 10. Punjab. Martial law is withdrawn from the June 11. A communique dealing with the recruitment to the Indian Civil Service is issued. June 12. The Social Democratic Congress at Weimar, Berlin, passes a resolution of indig nation at the Entente's demands. June 13. The Lt. Governor of the Punjab rejects the petition for mercy from Mr. Kalinath Roy, Editor of the Tribune. June 14. H. E Lord Willingdon holds an in formal meeting re. peace celebrations in Madras. June 15. A public meeting of the Indian A880ciation, Calcutta, protests against the Government of India's despatch of March 5. June 16. The Servants of India Society celebrates its anniversary. June 17. The Amir's letter of reply to the Viceroy is received. June 18. The full published. text of the Reform Bill is Jnne 19. The Viramgaum riots case is taken up before the special tribunal, Ahmedabad. June 20. An Order rescinding the pre-censorship of the Bombay Chronicle is issued. June 21. Protest meeting in Madras against the sentence of imprisonment on Babu Kalinath Roy. June 22. Sir C. H. Setalvad Willingdon College at Sangli. opens the June 23. The Indian Association, Calcutta, protests against the capital and transportation for life sentences in the Punjab. THE HON. SIR ALI IMAM His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad has decided upon establishing an Executive Council with Sir Syed Ali Imam as President.. JUSTICE SIR ABDUR RAHIM A Gazette of India issued in Simla on June 6 announced Literary Mr. Lansbury on the Ideal Paper the Speaking at St. Paul's Covent-garden, on "Christian Witness in the Press," Mr. George Lansbury said it was impossible to serve God and the devil at the same time, the devil meaning the competitive, soul-destroying system which made men and women sell their brains for bread. He felt very sceptical about the future of the Labour movement when he thought of its attitude towards the Press. They could not get the Labour movement to see that it ought to have a Press which would tell the truth irrespective of consequences either to the movement or individuals in it. "If I were a millionaire," said Mr. Lansbury, "I would found a newspaper without advertisements, and without racing tips, and I would run it with a minimum of murders and divorce cases, and the very best propaganda articles I could get, and I would have both sides stated fairly. "I would try through the medium of the newspaper to get people to make up their own minds rather than have their minds made up for them. We live in a sloppy kind of age when most of us are either too tired or too lazy to think for ourselves. "Social conditions are as they are because people won't take the trouble to think. The function of a newspaper should be not so much to give people ideas ready made, but to stimulate thought, and enable them to form their own ideas." Mr. Montagu and the "Chronicle" Mr. Jiunah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the " Bombay Chronicle." has cabled to Mr. Montagu denying the latter's statement in the Indian Budget speech regarding the free distribution of the " Bombay Chronicle among British troops, which he says is absolutely without foundation. Mr. Jinnah regrets that the "Chro nicle" published the statement regarding the use of soft-nosed bullets during the Delhi riots and asserts that an immediate contradiction would have been published but the message from Delhi containing it was held up by the censor. The Editor of the "Tribune " The Bengalee writes:-The sentence of two years' hard labour passed on Mr. Kali Nath Roy, Editor, Tribune, by the Martial Law Commission has caused us the deepest regret. He had his baptism in journalism in the Bengalee office and we watched with keen interest the development of his faculties and powers which gave promise of a bright career. We knew him as one of the sweetest and gentlest creatures that ever trod the earth, Mr. Asquith on Lord French's Book Mr. Asquith made several speeches during his visit to Newcastle and in one the following occurs: I am constrained by loyalty to the memory of my lamented illustrious friend and colleague, Lord Kitchener, to correct at once the account which Lord French has given of his visit to Paris in the early autumn of 1914. It is wholly untrue to suggest that either Lord Kitchener, who was Secretary of State for War, or the Home Government contemplated or attempted gratuitous interference with the Commander in the field. The Government was seriously disquieted by communications received from Lord French as to his intentions, and the Cabinet unanimously came to important decisions for which I, as head of the Government, took and take now full responsibility. Lord Kitchener was entrusted with the duty of conveying and explaining those decisions to Lord French. The decisions were, in our judgment, the only ones which could have been taken by any responsible British Government, and I entertain no doubt that they would have had the practically unanimous support of the country. In visiting France and conferring with Lord French, Lord Kitchener performed a service of the greatest value to the country and, as events showed, with the best results. |