250 A Sportswoman in India 



Such is its history. This may have been a diplo- 

 matic move, an expedient one, in those turbulent days ; 

 and yet it would have been worth a great effort to 

 have kept Kashmir in our hands. As a sanatorium for 

 our troops it would have been invaluable, its climate 

 surpassing any of our hill stations, and besides which 

 there is room. Added to this the country, properly 

 cultivated, would be a great source of revenue, instead 

 of its fertile valleys being wasted on a degraded, 

 lazy, good-for-nothing people. 



