Duff's allowance; Hardinge's proposal about Nathan; Report of Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency (chaired by Austen Chamberlain) likely to be delayed; situation in South Africa.
Viceroy's proposed appointment of paid Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta causing alarm and resentment in Calcutta according to Sir Krishna Gupta (Member, Council of India) who has received a telegram on this subject and wants to present it to Crewe; separation of judicial and executiv...
The King's request to grant every facility to the Duc de Montpensier, when he visits India; Indians in South Africa; possibility of acquiring Chandernagore; P. S. has seen the young Maharaja of Jodhpur.
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...