UNREST IN INDIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 December 1945, Page 5

UNREST IN INDIA

MOSLEM SOLUTION SEPARATE STATE DEMANDED (Rec. 10.40 a.m.) . . , LONDON, December 10. Mr. Jinnah, in an interview with Reuter’s Bombay correspondent, advocated not one but two constitutionmaking bodies for India. He wanted one to frame a constitution .for Hindustan and the other for Pakistan. “I remain convinced that Pakistan is the only hope for a fair lasting settlement of Indian problems. The present deadlock is not so much between India and Britain as it is between the Hindu Congress and the Moslem League. This is the crux of the matter. Furthermore, nothing can or will be solved until Pakistan is granted. The British Government is putting the cart before the horse in proposing an all India constitution making body before the.settlement of the Pakistan issue. I do not see-any ground for compromise.: For me, Congress must moderate its attitude. We could settle the Indian problem in 10 minutes if Gandhi would say: ‘I agree there should be Pakistan and I agree that one-fourth of ' India, composed of six provinces—Sind, Baluchistan, Punjab, North-west ■Frontier Province, Bengal and Assam —should constitute the Pakistan State.’ Canadians and Americans live together. Why cannot Hindus and Moslems? I do not-doubt the sincerity of the British Government, but do doubt the sincerity of those who profess to see any hopes of settlement outside granting full Pakistan.” LORD WAVELL’S ADVICE CALCUTTA, December 10. The Viceroy (Lord Wavell), in a speech to the Associated- ' Indian Chambers of Commerce, said there was no new solution of the Indian problem. He repeated that- it was Britain’s honest intention to give India her freedom, and added warnings that neither slogans like “Quit India,” nor violence and disorders advanced the solution of the problem. Lord Wavell received Mr.' Gandhi at Government House. They conferred for more than two hours. “FREE INDIA CORPS;” ALLAHABAD, December 10. One hundred and sixty delegates to a students’ congress in Allahabad signed with their own blood a pledge “to lay down their lives for the freedom of their country.” They form the nucleus of what are. described as the Bose and Nehru bridges of the Free India Volunteer Corps. The students intend to form three more brigades.