WELL RECEIVED BY COMMONS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21329, 23 November 1934, Page 13

WELL RECEIVED BY COMMONS

Government's Reported | Intentions | RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE | ADOPTED I j ,'■ NITIMJ rRKSS *s?nr nT „-, s . F - E ,,r,, TK |r; j if.hzr,a.\rfi -<:oi-r*i<;gr.) j (Received November 22, 9.5 p.m.) I LONDON, November 22. The House of Commons, by 22-1 votes to 62, agreed to the Government's taking up the whole time of the session. The political correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" learns that the Government intends to give full cfl'cct to the India Report, which had a favourable reception in the House. Members hold that the report should be accepted bv Parliament as expressing the considered opinion of a body which dealt with the question from a statesmanlike viewpoint. It is believed that the extension of ; safeguards will tend to modify the j opposition of the Rightwingers and: 1 to influence the decision of the Con- ! ; servative party at a meeting of the j i Central Council on December 4. | j "The Times" says: "The India Re- ; j port is too large and the matter too | serious to admit hasty conclusions, j Considered judgment must come later, but the first impression is that the report has attracted an immense weight of authority. The main principles of the Government's draft scheme have withstood a peculiarly searching test. What matters for the moment is that neither India nor the people of Great Britain should be led away by any false version of the document." The "Manchester Guardian" says: "Proposals for the federation of all India have not merely left unshaken i their Tightness. Their necessity has, been positively confirmed." " i j INDIAN ('ENSURE I ! DOMINION STATUS TIIK IDKAI.i j (Received November 22. 5.5 p.m.) j i DELHI, November 2!. ! I Indian opinion censures the fail j | ure of the committee to adopt the I | Indian ideal-Dominion status. LABOUR IDEAS ■ AI/I'KKNATIYK CONCLUSIONS (Received November 22. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. November 21. Labour members of the Joint Select Committee voted against the report and set out alternative; conclusions. They advocated a de- j finite declaration in favour of [Jo- : minion status, increased repre.sen- : tation of Labour and women, with ' the provision for adult suffrage within a period of years, the re- ; striction of the powers of interven- ' tion by Governors and Governors- : General, the abolition of Ihe Conn- '' eil of State and the transference of I foreign affairs f.u popular control, j Commenting on the report the-

"Daily Moil"- says: "The safeguards are pure eyewash. India, will be handed over to the control of men thoroughly hostile to Great. Britain. It is most important for the future

j safety of our countrymen in India (thai, the maintenance.' nncl direction | of lhe police should trm.'sii m BillI i:;h hands." , Tim -'Mew:-, Chronicle;' says; "The I report is at, 'cast, a vast step Inwards self-government. Indi: would ho wise to accept it and -uve it a fair trial." "The Times" saw: 'The report r: 100 largo and r-'-ri'-t::, p. adn.H, ha: tv '.•o'nclupiotir-. re.:--n! is-:;! vi<-..,-.; are revoalod m l■■ -,, ; ■■ ~i., i,-, , : f ~ opro ■. imat.cly c.-epia! In-i;;;!!] opp./::ed to the majority. I''i\e t Mns'T v:d ive , 11-,. ,u;d.l, the report, ton hasty and far i'-scl;-ini,', four Socialis's c'eploreel the caution, check;-;, and .safefjuoiifls. The dissentient:-; cancel out each other." PRESS (.'OM.MKNT I.XJNDOiS', Noveanijei- 21. The "Daily Express." says; "The Indian 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 control of the Lower House in British, not Indian, hands. Indians with one voice will reject. *' e report." The} "Daily Herald" says: "A great. | opportunity lias been missed. The i proposals- of the committee are shot 1 through with timidity and distrust ! instead of wise generosity. The test i of the proposals has been, 'How little ineed we concede in order to avoid | trouble'.'' "