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(HOUSE OF COMMONS. JAN. 31, 1908)
DR. RUTHERFORD (Middlesex, Brentford) rose to move as an Amendment to the Address, at the end to add, -- "But humbly submits that the present condition of affairs in India demands the immediate and serious attention of his Majesty's Government; that the present proposals of the Government of India are inadequate to allay the existing and growing discontent; and that comprehensive measures of reform are imperatively necessary in the direction of giving the people of India control over their own affairs. "