Mr. Montagu then discussed at length the question of education
in India. He asked for more hospitality to Indians who came to this country. Advanced reformers should exer- cise patience. The best policy was not, as they supposed, to make Indian education free and compulsory, but to improve and multiply schools as the means to conduct them became available. The grant of 2333,000 for education which had been announced at the Delhi Durbar was only the beginning of a long programme. Among other things the position of teachers was to be improved. A serious problem was uni- versity education. Hitherto it had undermined religion and diminished respect for authority. The cure which was being tried was residence in college on the English plan. .A large grant was being given for the building of hostels. A Royal Commission to inquire into the public services had been Constituted. There was now nothing dangerous in the con-
dition of India.
