BRITISH POLICY IN INDIA.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 17 November 1930, Page 11

BRITISH POLICY IN INDIA.

s * DOMINION STATUS. DETAILED VIEWS ISSUED. fhess association—by TEI.EGB.U>H—COPYatOHT.) LONDON, November 14. Detailed views on the government of India have been issued in the form of a dispatch as a preliminary to the Round Table Conference. The main theme of tho dispatch is the "further progress which might now be made towards the development of Responsible Government in India as an integral part of the British .Empire." The dispatch refers to the strength of the national movement which has taken the form of a demand for selfgovernment and Dominion status. The demand for self-government, stated in practical terms, is that India should be allowed to manage her own affairs, both in tho Provinces and, subject to temporary safeguards that may required, at the centre. a The Ultimate Ideal. The ultimate ideal of an All-India Federation is accepted, although the dispatch points out that its realisation must depend upon the attitude oil the States and Provinces. British India should receive maximum autonomy consistent with the interest of India as n whole. The prop'osal of the Statutory Commission for the abolition of dyarchy and the consequent establishment of Responsible Government in the Provinces dealing with the whole provincial field, including law and order, is accepted with a recognition of the risks involved. The dispatch supports in principle the proposed separation of Burma from India, but thinkß that Indian opinion should be given a chance to declare itself and that no decision should be reached before the question is discussed at the Round Table Conference. The pufposes which it is suggested the British Government should safeguard include defence, foreign relations, internal security, financial obligations, financial stability, protection of minorities, and prevention of unfair economic and commercial discrimination.

FURTHER DISTURBANCE. POLICE FIRE ON MOB. CALCUTTA, November 14. When the police attemptod to make arrests, following a disturbance at the locomotive workshops of the East Indian Railway at Jamalpur, in Bihar province, a crowd of Indian workmen tried to mob the police, who opened fire, killing two men' and injuring seventeen.