18 FEBRUARY 1922, Page 3

Perhaps the most interesting point in the speech was Mr.

Montagu's disavowal of Mr. Churchill's declaration about the Indians in Kenya. It will be remembered that Mr. Churchill had assured the Europeans that the highlands of Kenya should be reserved to Europeans. Mr. Montagu said that the opinion of the Colonial Office had not been adopted by the Government, and he regretted that Mr. Churchill had made a statement which was " wholly inconsistent " with the principle honoured by the Government, that fitness must be the sole test whether for an Englishman or an Indian. No part of the Empire should be denied to an Indian " merely because he was an Indian."