13 FEBRUARY 1926, Page 3

On Tuesday Lord Reading announced the creation of and in

which Indians will obtain commissions. Thinking a Royal Indian Navy, which will fly the White Ensign, men in India, he said, had long desired to have an Indian Navy capable of defending coastal commerce. Indians desiring to qualify for commissions would be given special facilities first for their education, and then for their technical training. Those Indians who are ex- pressing doubt evidently do not understand what a proof of good faith is the granting of the revered White Ensign. * * *