AMERY ANNOYED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 7

AMERY ANNOYED.

CHURCHILL REPROVED

Indian Attitude Severely

Criticised.

NOT SPOKESMAN OF TORIES

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received 12 Noon.)

PvUGBY, March 22

Mr. L. C. M. -S. Amery, Dominion Secretary in the .Baldwin Cabinet, at a Conservative meeting, vigorously criticised Mr. Winston Churchill's recent speeches on India, denying his right to speak for the Conservative party.

Mr. Amery said that the Conservative party was "just as determined as Mr. Churchill that any future constitution can bo acceptable only if it secures justice for every section of India and safeguards the legitimate financial interests and secures the safety of India and the- Empire.

''But unless and until events force us to an opposite conclusion we are prepared to believe that these essentials are more likely to be secured by co-operation and frank discussion than by irresponsible denunciations or speeches whose eloquence is only matched by the remoteness of their reality." Sir John Simon, chairman of the recent Commission on India, had said that two vitally important things to be aimed at were atmosphere and construction.

Speaking of the Viceroy, Mr. Amery said that his name would go down in history as the one who had thrown the whole force of his personality and sincerity into this essential task. He pointed out the danger of misunderstanding until the task of construction was really taken in hand, and said that just a3 it was impossible to deny progress towards the goal of responsibility, eo it must be appreciated that what were spoken of as safeguards were not matters of easily adjusted detail but were fundamental to the central structure.