A GREAT VICEROY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1931, Page 7

A GREAT VICEROY

LORD IRWIN IN INDIA

DEPARTURE FOR ENGLAND

TRIBUTES TO SERVICE

(Brltlsli Official Wireless.) (Received 20th April, 11 a.m.)' IMJGBY, 18th April. Lord Irwin loft India to-day for England at the conclusion of what tho King', in a message of appreciation and congratulation, described as "five years of exceptional difficulty"; as Viceroy. Many tributes to his services to Britain, and India during that monientons period, are contained in the Press of both' countries. To-day the "Manchester Guardian" says: "He "will be remembered in India, not ,because he eama tliero as tho representative of a grear; Power, but because in the discharge oJ! his duties as Viceroy he exemplified all that was ; best ,in -'the civilisation to, which he belonged; and in the religiou. which he followed." v The "Daily News," referring specifically to Ms truce negotiation, -with! Mr. Gandhi, says: "He hazarded th<» enormous personal influence which ha had won in India in the cause of peace, and history will record that in so doing he did inestimable service both to India and1 to Great Britain." Regarding his successor, Lord \Yil» lingdon, the "News"'believes that ho will bo a worthy successor to Lord Irwin, and says that few living mea are better qualified than the new Viceroy to discharge this task. : The "Daily Herald" says: "Lord Irwin had' the imagination to realise, while others had still failed to realise, the need for a bold policy of satisfac-' tion and appeasement. He has had the courage to carry that policy through. He leaves India with a reputation, high among that of the greatest Viceroys, and with the good wishes of million* for his future."