SITUATION IN INDIA
VICEROY'S STATEMENT CRITICISED MR GANDHI HOT SATISFIED tress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BOMBAY, February 24. “ The Marquess of Linlithgow’s statement is a special pleading unworthy of a personage possessing unheard-of powers,” declared Mr Gandhi. “ The right of examining the cases of political prisoners belonged to responsible Ministers, while the Governors’ duty was to advise Ministers on questions of broad policy and warn them of the danger of the consequences, after which they should leave the Ministers free. He added: “The Ministers will find difficulty in shouldering the responsibility unless the question is decided in their favour. Nevertheless, the Viceroy has left the door open for the Governors to negotiate with the Ministers,”
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Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 9
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