CONSTITUTION IN INDIA
Viceroy Confident Of Success BOYCOTT OF SPEECH BY CONGRESS PARTY (CSITED rCV.S.S ASSOCIATION— COI'YIUGIIT.) (Received September 14, I a.m.) SIMLA, September 13. The Viceroy (the Marquess of Linlithgow), delivering his speech from the golden throne at a joint session of the Central Legislature, said there were distinct signs of settlement in Waziristan. The tribesmen were accepting the moderate :erms imposed. He said the British Government was considering the reorganisation and re-equipment of the Indian Army. Turning to constitutional problems, the Viceroy emphasised the necessity for a strong Centra] Government, capable of formulating economic policies affecting the interests of India as a whole. He was confident that the achievement of a federation of British India and th*> native states would modify disparate economic conditions. The Congress Party boycotted the speech and failed to attend Parliament.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22197, 14 September 1937, Page 9
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