§ Commander WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for India whether the resources of the fighting races of India, coloured, white, and Anglo-Indian, from the voluntary recruiting point of view, have been exhausted; and, if so, whether he will suggest to the Indian Government the possibility of compulsion?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am in communication with the Viceroy as to the possibility of further developing the military resources of India under the voluntary system. I can make no further statement at present.