INDIA’S FUTURE
Framing of Constitution
CORRESPONDENT EXPRESSES VIEWS J' ' I (N.Z.P.A.—Copyright! , ’ (Rec. 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, April 18. The correspondent of the “Daily Mail,” Mr Ward PrTce, in a cable from Srinigar, says ii: is unfortunate that the Indians in their formula for the drafting of the constitution should have specified India ./ to be an “independent sovereign republic,” If the word “state” had been used, the question of India’s future relations with the Commonwealth need not have arisen, as the independence of all Dominions was recognised by the Statute of Westminster as far back as 1926.
Mr Nehru’s attitude in London, on this question will depend upon how far he is prepared to face the criticisiini, reproaches and possible desertion of some of his congress colleagues, if he comes back without having renounced India’s allegiance to the British Crown.
Mr Price concludes that India political observers believe that Mr Nehru would carry the day, even if he were to abandon the idea of an Indian Republic, because Indians are hero worshippers, and follow the man rather than policies. v
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 160, 19 April 1949, Page 3
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