INDIAN CONFERENCE

Evening Star, Issue 20671, 19 December 1930, Page 9

INDIAN CONFERENCE

AIR OF PESSIMISM HIHDU-MOSLEM DIFFERENCES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 17. “Tho separation of’ Burma may prove the only constructive work of the conference,” says Dr B, S. Moonje, a Hindu, in drawing attention to the fact that, despite nearly a month’s discussions, the conference has not arrived at a single decision of importance regarding British India. The fact is that pessimism has settled down aver the delegates, owing to the impossibility of settling tho Hindu-Moslem communal differences, negotiations regarding which havo twice broken down owing to representative bodies in India refusing tc permit their representatives in London to como to terms. THE CLASSIFICATION PROBLEM (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, December 18. (Received December 19, at 12.30 p.m.) Tho Federal Structure Sub-committee of the Round Table Conference continued its work on classification. It set up a small' committee to consider the drafting of a formula which would enable the administration of civil law to be uniform throughout British India. The members undertaking this work are Mi M. A. Jinnah, Sir Muhammad Shaft, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, Mr M. R. Jayakar, and Lords , Reading and Lothian.

Tho conference will resume its work after the Christmas interval.