§ MR. C. J. O'DONNELL (Newington, Walworth)To ask the Secretary of State for India if he is aware that His Highness the Aga Khan, president of the recent Musalman deputation to His Excellency Lord Minto, the Honourable Nawab Sayyid Muhamad Bahadur, at present Musalman member of the Viceroy's Council, the honourable Muhamad Yusuf Khan Bahadur, lately a member of the Legislative Council of Bengal, and president? of the Central Muhamadan Association, and many other leading Musalmans have recently condemned the partition of Bengal; and whether he will lay the opinions of the three gentlemen named upon the Table of the House.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) I have seen in the newspapers statements as to the views of the three gentlemen mentioned, but, apart from these, I have no knowledge of their opinions on the subject in question. Their opinions are not on record in this Department.