Show INDIAS INDIA'S ENTHUSIASM FOR AlliED CAUSE Recent decent Successes Rouse hearted hole Spirit of 0 Expectancy Otta Ottawa wa Sept 2 An An official dispatch h Simla India says Interest in tho the war grows keener with each success of ot the allies and strenuous efforts to assist toward final victory continue unabated The Internal internal Inter Inter- nal al condition of ot the thc country countr save In In portions of oC Bengal Bongal whore where tho the periodically break out is highly sat sat- and the tho situation Is much tho the same amo as noted In a J. J previous dispatch Tho people of oC Bengal showed their desire to help in the war by InG ng a stationary field hospital for tor servIce service Ice ce In Mesopotamia This hospital with the he exception of ot tho the officer commanding command- command ing ng was staffed entirely b by Bengali all medical graduates and the personnel was ae as entirely Bengali After ACter doln doing ex- ex client work this hospital has now been een withdrawn but scope opo for the national national na- na lonal and patriotic aspirations of oC the tho has been afforded b by the raisIng raising rais- rais Ing ng of oC a double company compan of ot these mono mon It t will HI be trained on the tho frontier and when ready for service will be sent to tho tic front Cor for active operations Tho The result of oC this experiment will bo be watched with Interest Besides the Bengalis three double companies of oC Indian Indian In- In dian lan Christians recruited from the tho Punjab Pun- Pun jab ab have recently been raised and are doing well No o less than six Indian officers and soldiers have now earned the Victoria Cross and twenty seven have gained the he m military tar cross The monsoon outlook has Improved and nd the rainfall of ot August and September Septem- Septem ber er is Js likely to prove In excess of or normaL normal nor nor- mal Trade Trado conditions a ar eminently satisfactory Jute an and tea are boomIng boom- boom lug Ing- ng and cotton Is much improved Tho commerce department has been busily engaged In protecting Indian Interests and nd considering questions regarding In Indian nulan lan trade e after aCtor tho the war Sir Thomas Hollands Holland's In connection with ith the tho advancement ad of oC Indian Industries industries Indus- Indus tries Ties is making preliminary inquiries before reassembling formally in Oc- Oc tober ober Reports orts show that all classes classee and reeds creeds throughout the entire country held intercession services flor on August 4 praying In tho the churches mosques and temples for tor success for or the British arms In certain parts offertories wore set act aside for tho aid of oC British prisoners prison prison- ers In Germany Relations between the tho government of ot India and the Amir o of or Afghanistan continue continuo to bo of or the friendliest character character character char char- acter and ad the latter Is scrupulously maintaining an attitude of or neutrality which h ho promised at tho the beginning beginning- of ot the tho war S I |