BRITISH TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 277, 22 November 1934, Page 7

BRITISH TRADE.

PROTECTION OFFERED.

Safeguards in Committee's Recommendation.

SEPARATION OF INDIA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 2.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 21. A safeguard is introduced in the report of the India committee's report against fiscal freedom of India being used deliberately to damage British trade with India by means of penal tariffs. Finally the report recommends that Burma should be separated from India and itself receive a similar Constitution. The proceedings of the committee show that the report is endorsed by a large majority of its 31 members. On the final division the only dissentients were three Conservatives, and one Labour peer, with three Labour and two Conservative members of the House of Commons. In some important respects the proposals of the White Paper are modified or supplemented in the recommendations of. the joint committee. In relation to law an dorder additional recommendations provide, firstly, that consent of the Governor is to be given in his discretion should it be required, to any legislation affecting Police Acts and to any rules made thereunder affecting organisation or discipline of the police. Secondly, that records of the Intelligence Department relating to terrorism should not be disclosed outside the police force except to such public officers as the Governor may direct; thirdly, for the purpose of comatting terrorism the Governor should have power to take under his control any branch of the | Government which it is necessary to i use for the purpose. | Among several other modifications recommended by the joint committee are provisions that the Governor-General should have special responsibility to prevent the imposition of penal tariffs on goods imported from the United Kingdom, that Legislatures in India should, after .10 years, have the constitutional right to present addresses for consideration of His Majesty's Government and Parliament, recommending amendment to the Constitution on certain specified matters, such as the composition of Legislatures and franchise, and that the separation of Burma from India should be accompanied by a trade agreement between the two countries binding for a specified time. DISSENTERS. Report Not Universally Approved. IN BRITAIN AND INDIA. (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 21. The Labour members of the Joint Select Committee voted against the report and set out alternative conclusions. They advocated a definite declaration in favour of Dominion status: increased representation of Labour and women, with provision for adult suffrage within a period of years; the restriction of powers of intervention by Governors and Governor-Generals; the abolition of the Council of State, and the transference of foreign affairs to popular control. The dissentient views revealed that two groups of approximately equal strength opposed the majority. Five Conservatives thought the report was too hasty and far-reaching, and four Socialists deplored the caution, checks and safeguards. These dissentients cancel each other. A d>spatch from Delhi states that Indian opinion censures the failure cf the committee to adopt the Indian ideal of Dominion status. Commenting on the report the "Daiir Mail" says the safeguards, are "pure eyewash." India would be handed over to the control of men thoroughly hostile to Britain. It was most important for the future safety of our countrymen in India that the maintenance and the direction of the police should remain in British hands. The "Daily Express" states: The White Paper is now waste paper. The frame of the structure which the White Paper planned remains but the new report suggests that its own proposals would vest the control of the Lower House in British not Indian hands. The Indians with one voice will reject the report. The "Daily Herald" says: A great--opportunity has been missed. The proposals of the Committee are shot through and through with timidity and distrust instead of wise generosity.