The appointment of Mr. H. V. Hodson, till lately editor
of the Round Table, to be Reforms Commissioner in the Govern- ment of India is interesting on various grounds Mr. Hodson, who is only 34, obtains a notable position at an early age, but it is one from which his record, as Fellow of All Souls, traveller in most of the Dominions, and author of several important books on Commonwealth problems, fully qualifies him. But under present conditions, with the Government of India Act not brought into operation at the centre and not working at all in the provinces, the work of a Reforms Commissioner must be more exploratory than administrative. New lines of advance have to be envisaged and new possibilities considered. Mr. Amery clearly does not intend to visit India at present, and there are good reasons why he should not. But he may find Mr. Hodson's eyes and ears—and Mr. Hodson's admirable brain—extremely useful to him.
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