SITUATION CALM
FREEDOM OF TRADE
GOVERNMENT'S POLICY .
: (Brilislr Official Wireless) , RUGBY, 11th; January. The situation in India remains generally calm and without notable incident, '\ .■• ■-■->-■ ! - ■: .-.■■ ■: ■ Sir Frederick Sykes, the Governor of Bombay, addressing a conference of leading Indian and European businessmen to-day, emphasised that the Government did not intend to follow; the example of Congress and .endeavour by coercive measures to compel trade to follow in any particular channel. The Ordinances, be explained, were' designed ■' to protect trade from • being hampered. The Government insisted on freedom for everyone to trade how and where they liiea, and would extend-the fullest protection i against molestation. The Governor declared that-the Indian Government adhered to the terms of Mr. Ramsay MaeDonald's "statement at tho_ close of the Eonnd,Table. Con-' fcrence, and asked'for" tHO-cq-operattion of the sober elements ~'itftne r cqmmuriity. The Government '^v-as striving to prevent a-bad legacjrbeing left for the future.'..... . ...:,:..■..'. ; v ,.. ■: ......:
A Peshawar message"states "that three days' continuous* rain has 'discouraged and dispirited the picketere. *>
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 9
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162SITUATION CALM Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 9
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