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Our objections to the proposed measure were set out in the following Memorial :- " Whilst offering their loyal and cordial support to the general and animating principles of the Scheme, the Committee feel bound to state that some of the pro• posals are viewed with serious apprehension and mis• giving by their people as likely to prove detrimental to Musulman interests.
" The claim · of the Mohammedan community to adequate representation on the Imperial and Provincial Councils ' commensurate with its numbers and political and historic importance ' has been admitted and urged with considerable force by the Government of India in its circular letter dated 24th August 1907, and its letter to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, dated the 1st October, 1908.
' r: ISLAMIC CULTURE July "The Committee beg respectfully to state that the entire Mohammedan people view his Lordship's sug• gestions· with grave misgiving as calculated to subject Musulman representation to the good will of a rival community-and place Musulman interests in their hands.
But the Committee venture to think that, however ready the country may be for constitutional reforms, the interests of the two great communities of India must be considered and dealt with separately as is indeed ad• mitted in theory by his Lordship.
But the Committee venture to think that, however ready the country may be for constitutional reforms, the interests of the two great communities of India must be considered and dealt with separately.