INDIAN CONFERENCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 October 1931, Page 8

INDIAN CONFERENCE

MR GANDHI'S ESTIMATE.

[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]

RUGBY, October 23

During the discussion of the proposed Indian Federal Court at the meeting of the Federal Structure Committee of the Round-Table Conference to-day, Mr Gandhi said he thought the Indian delegates’ speeches displayed insufficient trust in themselves and in the ability of an Indian National Government to conduct its affairs impartially. The communal issue also had coloured the discussions. He differed entirNv from the view that the proposed constitution would give anything more than a framework for the Federal Court and defining its jurisdiction, suggesting a start with a proviso, that judges should serve for a fixed period. The rest should be left for the Federal Government to evolve. The fundamental belief of the Congress was that India should have her own Privy Council. It based its policy on trust and confidence, and believed that supreme authority should be established. India should be responsible for appointing judges and for other matters belonging to the Crown.

Other speakers included Sir Provash Chunder Mittef, who regarded Delhi as an unsuitable meeting place for the Federal Court, and Mr Zafrullah Kahn, who urged that the prerogative of the Crown as exercised by the Privy Council, should be left alone. Sir Muhammad Akbar Hydari urged that the appointment of judges should be made by the Crown. BURMESE REVOLT. RANGOON, October 24. An interesting development of the Burma rebellion is the revolt of Burmese youth against the rebels. A virile volunteer movement is growing in the Paungde area among well-bred young men since the atrocities by the “Tiger” Army against peaceful people. Volunteers in uniform co-operate with the police or independently, as circumstances dictate. Every brush with the rebels has been ’ marked by great bravery and keenness.