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MONT II/A/2/15/3
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Telegrams from Edwin Montagu to (i) Lord Chelmsford and (ii) Sir George Lloyd
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- 14 Aug. 1919 (Creation)
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(1879-1924)
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(i) The conduct and discipline of the Bar should, he agrees, be regulated by the High Court, but its attitude [to satyagraha] is likely to hinder the amelioration of conditions in India. Chelmsford assured him some time ago that the Punjab did not treat satyagraha in itself as a crime, and to act against it now it has been abandoned and the ‘magnificent political wisdom’ of Lloyd has avoided the necessity of proceeding against its originator [Gandhi], and to deprive five advocates of their livelihood, is extremely foolish.
(ii) As (i), with minor variations.
(Typed, with handwritten alterations.)