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aptly put it in his Presidential add~s delivered at the recent Agro. ~s8ion of the' Moslem ~ague :"I ea]) the Hindu the elder brother, and 1 am .u~ 'Il'iII a,gl'ft with me in the l'ie:w that be OttUpiq lbllt p<MIition in the lod iaa (amil!. He it leniar in numbt,... in edocation, in wealth and ;n man)' other wa,... Hil ut.ligationl lhudo~ unckT the: Indian .,...tC'DI offamil,li(e AI(' rlt'CCUArily ~ater In order tbat tbC~ should bt a .i~tt' and gcnu;no: tnUllte. tach brother mult be pupa~ t o dillChor~ hi, relative duticw to",,,rd. the otht.r in the riJ,lh t' .pirit... the dder hrother hn.. obviously jp'cflter chltia lo'a m$

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The late Mr. l'ahilrtuu Rl.emc:hand, C.I.B., third Co~reu I.A:Ader orSi ud : Pt'J:Indero(the: Sind U,odu S.bh"j and PruideM o(the Municipality. 1894.-1905.

T be principle enunciated by the Hon ' ble Mr. Gokbale in tilt Subjecu Committee at Lahoft in 1909, while discussing the question of MOllem representation on the ftllar,m council.,lboukl be upheld. viz., that .ome tpecial eonce"ions must be made to the yOUD~ brother for the time bei", to bring him in line with the mo~ advaDCltd commr.. AI to the ways and .IIlC&a to give to this principle there wiD be d~ of opinioo. Tbe

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proposal I)ut rorward uy the Mabratt& leader at Lahore that the C on~ .bouJd not oppose but conctde f'lr the time being the grantinlo! of separute ek'Ctorat.es to MahomcdullS for Coundl!l elections is. of courllC, out of the question; and it lightly not atupted by the other Congress lenders at the suggestions of the Hon'ble Mr. Hnrchnndrni and Mr. JutJtil.'I! HnMan Imam. But it should uot be iml)ouible for Bindu ond MOllem lead~rs to come to a. reusonoble understanding on lhe subject. Bence Sir Ibrahim Rnhimtullnh's sug~ tioll to nppoint llnother COlllmitt1!e like the Hindu-Mol lem Committee fa nned ot Allahabnd is un ext'!i1ent lind timely one. 'file iml1lt-dintc necesl!ilyof this step' ill Cnlphnsiscd by thc non.neeeptnnce Qf the rt'Ccnt resolution mo'e<1 by the Hon'blc Sir Pntlllbhni Currimbhoi in the Vit-eroy'8 LegisJath'cCoundl in (a"our of the appointment ofConcilintion Board8, with ctrtnill sttltutory powers, to o8sillt in l'ompo ing differences lx-tween Hindu8 and Mahotnooans. On this (X'c{ulion Sir lotegirmW CrAddock cxpn:sscd the sym llathy of Government with the idea underlying t he resolution and 8,Kf'C<."t1 to consider the ad'isability of ha,fmg Ad'iltOry Boards without stututory powers at lInportant centres. But it is clear from his speech os well u.s the speC!'Ch of Sir Jalll~ Meston, Lieutennnt,.Govcrnor of the Unit«! ProVitlceS, at Fya:nbud on the 9lh February in which he announced lhe release of the Hindu prisonc.n in connection with the Ajodhyu Hindu-l'.Josltlll' Wiot cne, that the Government expect nn initial move from the people a nd nt I>rcsent prefer U Yflluntary engagement like t H: Brookland urcelftpnt governing tht great textile t.rade 0 Lancashire to the prop0lM.-d Conciliation Boards like the Labour Booros supported by a chain ofelnbornte nctt which exist in New Zenlond and Australia. It i. tl noteworthy fact that the iden of estahlishing HinduMoslem Committeclthroughout lndia has been .tarted by two Sl'C!at Moslem leaders -Sir Fna:albhai Curnmbhai in the Impuial Council and H. H. the Aga Khan in his speech at Rangoon, The prelC!nt time is therefore most opportune for a decisive move in this diredion ; and if a leader like Sir Pherozeshah Mehta-whOle active sympathy in his minion of peace Sir Wilham Wedderburn had a1Iistcd In England before coming to India to prnide at the last Allahab&d Cong.:eM would lfke up the