BRITAIN AND INDIA

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 209, 1 June 1931, Page 11

BRITAIN AND INDIA

Conference in September CAUSE OF POSTPONEMENT By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Official Wireless. Rugby, May 29. An India Office communique says:— “His Majesty’s Government and the Government of India have been discussing the date for the resumption of the Indian Round Table Conference. “The choice lay between summoning the Federal Structure Committee to this country at the end of June, which would have involved a meeting in August, or postponing the resumption until September, in the latter case the interval to be employed in pressing on with certain necessary work both in London and in India. “His Majesty’s Government was prepared to adopt the first course if all sections found it to be practicable. Inquiries have, however, shown that thy alternative was seriously inconvenient to several members of the committee both at Home and in India. . “A later date is therefore unavoidable, but a constitutional advance is a matter of so much moment to India that the resumption of the Round Table Conference cannot be postponed beyond tlie beginning of September. “His Majesty’s Government has therefore decided to invite the Federal btrupture Committee to reassemble m London not later than September 5 for the resumption of its work at the earliest practicable date thereafter. If a communal settlement has been reached m India by that time, the work of the Federal Structure Committee will be greatly facilitat ed. “If not. it will be a matter for consideration whether the Minorities Committee should resume its work about the same time. The question of adding representatives to the Federal Structure Committee is under active consideration.” SILVER CONDITIONS Complete United States Plan By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright Washington, May 29. The United States will have a complete plan 'to propose to alleviate the world silver conditions should an international conference be called. While the United States is not disposed to summon a conference because of its interest in the subject as a producing country, State Department officials said on Friday that American representatives to such a parley would contribute a concrete plan to help to solve the problem. Dispatches from China to the effect that the Chinese would postpone until the fall calling a conference were received with disappointment.