§ 2. Sir WALTER de FRECEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the reference of the Commander-in-Chief in the Legislative Assembly of India to the military aspect of the Bolshevist menace to India; and whether the existing British and native forces are regarded 1614 as sufficient to safeguard peace and security in that country?
§ Earl WINTERTONI have seen a report of the speech referred to, which, as I read it, was intended to show, not that the strength of the Army in India as it stands is regarded as insufficient for its purposes, but that in present circumstances further large reductions in military expenditure cannot be expected.