Nationalisation of Indian Railways.

AN Anglo-Indian journal recently stated that it anticipated that the question of State management of Indian Railways would be postponed and the contract with the East Indian Railway renewed under more advantageous terms. If this turns out to be true, it would be disappointing to the people of India, as it means continued subordination of Indian economic interests, partly at any rate, to the interests of British shareholders in Indian Railways. This is to be strongly protested against, especially in view of the general support by the British public to the question of nationalisation of their own railways. Indians are urging a similar change for reasons some of which are similar to those of the British public while the others are as strong as they are self-evident. Indian Railways are run not entirely in the interests of Indians but largely in those of the shareholders in England.

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