KING'S SPEECH ON INDIA.
BROADCAST TO EMPIRE NEED FOR COMPLETE! UNDERSTANDING. MOMENTOUS CONFERENCE. Through the famous microphone ifjio which only his Majesty has spoken, "lie King's opening speech at the India Conference was broadcasted throughout the world at noon vesterday, and was received in Christchurch a few minutes after midnight. Hia Majesty said : "It has accorded me much satisfaction to welcome to my capital city the representatives of my Princes and chiefs of India, and my Ministers, in whose precincts we are assembled. More than once a Sovereign has summoned on behalf of In4ia a conference, but never before a round-table conference to discuss and seek an agreement on which the government of India must be based.
"Nearly ten years ago, 1 pointed out the importance of a complete understanding in the government of India. This decade has witnessed many changes, not only in India, but in ail the countries of the Empire. It should therefore be no surprise to this generation that it should nave become necessary to make further provisions. Much has been carried out by" the Simon Commission, and you will have before you the outcome of its deliberations. No words of mine are needed to bring home to you the momentous nature of ylur task. Each of you knows liow much depends upon him and upon the outcome of this conference. I shall follow thp iniirw nf your proceedings with a close and sympathetic interest."
"The material conditions which surround my subjects in India will be with you during your conference. You will think of the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, of the races, castes, and creeds of which the people of India are composed. The fusion of such divergent claims into a mutual recognition must be the base of the future government of India. May your discussions and your aims make you go down in history as those who have served India well. I pray that Providence may grant you in unmeasured quantity, wisdom, patience, and goodwill."
The conference opened in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords.
(Received in Christchurch at 12.5 a.m. to-day by radio, by courtesy of Mr L. P. Simpson.)
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 13 November 1930, Page 11
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