3 MAY 1924, Page 9

Only a few weeks ago in these notes the return

of a very successful Indian. Governor, Sir George Lloyd, was mentioned. On. Saturday, Lord Willingdon, another distinguished Indian Governor, returned after eleven years' continuous service, and as anxious a term as any since Great Britain's first connexion with India. Few of our proconsuls have a. more splendid record than Lord. Willingdon, who after the anxious war years at Bombay subsequently accepted the position of Governor of Madras. In both positions he was equally successful, and he is entitled to the grateful thanks of his, countrymen for his self-denying labours. The tribute which Mr. Edwin. Montagu, a former Secretary of State for India, paid to Lord Willingdon in the Times was more than deserved..