The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 162
[ 162 ] ln respect of Aland Isles, Finland agreed that th� people of the 1 1sles shall not be made to contribute funds for the schonls, where education is imparted in the Fi !l ish language. In connection with the Jewish minority, Poland further agreed that education in the religious institutions of the Jews shall be deemed to fulfil the requirements of the law of compulsory Primary Education. ( Mussalmans should note). It was also provided that Jewish servants and soldiers shall be given time to offer their prayers, and further that they shall be given rations as sanctioned by their religion. Their religious teachers shall remain exempt from active service. ( These points also should be remembered when negotiating a settlement ). The point also should be made clear that no depre catory and defamatory accounts of the kings of any people should form any part of the courses of school studies, as it tends to ruin the national character. This is done in some European countries. The Hindus seem to have a special aptitude for this most objectionable form of activity. The points narrated above clearly show that in con sidering the question of national protection, the immediate importance of a particular matter is not so material; what has to be considered is its effect, great or small, upon the national character of the people concerned. It is, therefore, essential to make complete provision of the protection of the religion, culture and language of the community in question. PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF LAW. . . I have already stated that there should be some guar- � 1 antee that the laws would be rightly administered, for it