Troop Train Disaster

The series of angry questions asked in the House of Commons regarding the troop train disaster shows that the British Democracy is convinced that Indian management is not perfect and that serious mishaps of the kind may sometimes happen. An additional cause of dissatisfaction to the British public is that the Secretary of State could not answer certain questions without getting facts and opinions from India, while the questioners are eager to obtain prompt replies. The one effect that the discussion in Parliament leaves is that the Parliamentary control of Indian affairs is not so effective as it should be and the experts on the spot are far from being infallible. Under these circumstances whether it is not advisable that India deserves a measure of Home Rule and control by responsible non-official opinion in India itself is a point that suggests itself.