| Show alvs IN INDIA TLIY nlu leave Avail bl Calc rally or he 4401SAar ALCUITA Jan 7Ala meeting 01 moelng the ouucll todayBlr John Wojdburu a revuuue member built the timely rains In November and December had saved India Irom the greatest calamity of the century so widespread mud severe was Ihu drought The large areas sown wlh the assistance 01 the November ram bad be laid been greatly benefited by further rains last week and au addition to the food stock was expected In April In spite 01 this the present mtuatlon woo very grave Nearly 750000 persons were already In receipt of relief and thu task I of providing for tile oujrmoui numbers wag gigantic The government govern-ment was giving unstinted help Viceroy Kail of Elgin endorsed be statement of Sir John Woodburn and said the government was wallIng wall-Ing lo enable It to give better effect lo Ibo proposals It would gladly receive The government the viceroy emphatically em-phatically declared can have nothing to do with Ibe appeal to private charIty char-Ity Us own duties were clear and the government was determined to fulfill them The funds were ample > l mud It should never be lid the IoU resources of the empire had not been used for relieving tile distress |
