Found Crewe's account of his conversation with the King of Spain interesting; doubts whether the revolutionaries will be able to bring about an uprising; does not believe the Ruling Chiefs, including Kapurthala, are discontented; Hardinge is due to see Kapurthala shortly; will be grateful if Crew...
Hardinge's opinion of Carlyle; understands competition for the Commander-in-Chief's post is between Duff and Hamilton, and hopes it will be Duff; Carmichaels' expensive life style; Willingdons currently staying with Hardinge; would like Crewe's approval to spend Rs. 10,000 on the provision of ame...
Increasing interest of the Indian public in the working and management of Indian railways; large number of railway questions asked at the recent Legislative Council meeting; strong feeling among Indians that the Government should take a more prominent part in the running and management of Indian ...
Thinks there will be no difficulty in finding a suitable successor to Swinton among Indian architects; hopes that when Baker and Lutyens arrive in India, they will do some serious work, as there is a feeling that they have not done much while they have been away; failure of rains now becoming a s...
His speech to the Legislative Assembly has been received well all over India and has done a good deal to calm Muslim feelings; Muslims still upset over the Cawnpore mosque incident; Raja of Mahmudabad has approached Hardinge and suggested that the best way to calm the Muslim opinion is for Hardin...
Went to Cawnpore and visited the mosque and discussed a compromise on the spot; received a deputation from the Muslim community who accepted the compromise; he gave them a lecture on their behaviour and released all one hundred and six prisoners; Hardinge feels that the situation has been resolve...
Delighted and relieved to hear of Duff's appointment as Commander-in Chief; Maharaja of Mysore will be pleased at Crewe's concession in allowing him a treaty; Maharaja of Nabha has come into line; encloses extract from a newspaper giving semi-official account of the progress of work at Delhi; exc...
Has received Stamfordham's letter containing the King's final commands on the subject of the playing of the National Anthem in the presence of the Governors; has sent an identical letter to three Governors detailing the occasions on which the National Anthem may be played and the conditions invol...
Thanks Crewe for sending him notes on his interview with Gaekwar; situation between the London Moslem League and Mohamed Ali and Wazir Hussain of great interest to people in India; Hardinge sorry to see Ameer Ali and Aga Khan are having to resign their positions; concern about some ex-students fr...