PREMIER'S SYMPATHY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 64, 15 March 1940, Page 8

PREMIER'S SYMPATHY

LORD ZETLAND BACK

AT WORK

MR. GANDHI PAINED

(British Official Wireless.) (Received March 15, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, March 14. Questions were answered in both Houses of Parliament on the assassination of Sir Michael O'Dwyer. Mr. Chamberlain, after a recital of the facts, reminded members that it would be improper to comment pending the outcome of the judicial proceedings against the Indian who had been charged at Bow Street. He expressed "our deep sense of sympathy with Lady O'Dwyer and her family in the sudden and tragic loss they have suffered and our desire to extend to those who were wounded our good wishes for a rapid recovery." When the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. C. R. Attlee, suggested that "this abominable outrage will be as keenly resented by all people in India as well as by British people," Mr. Chamberlain said, "I am sure that is so." Lord Stanhope, in the House of Lords, said that Lord Zetland had had a miraculous escape. He was working at the India Office this morning. According to a Calcutta message, Mr. Gandhi made the following statement:— "The death of Sir Michael O'Dwyer and the injuries to the others cause me deep pain. I regard the act as one of insanity. Such acts prove injurious to the causes for which they are committed. I hope this incident will not be allowed to affect political judgment."