INDIA’S GOVERNMENT
DOMINION STATUS
NOT POSSIBLE AT PRESENT
<■< INDEPENDENCE TALK
FOOLISH.
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, .Tan. 5. Earl Russell, Under Secretary for India speaking at a Labour meeting yesterday, referred to the situation in Inda, and stated that no one knew better than the Indians themselves how verv foolish was the talk of complete independence. He said dominion status was not possible at the moment and would not be for a Long time. _ Great Britain .had been guiding India along the road toward democracy. To ]et <r o suddenly would be a calam,v for India. The Labour Party would not allow itself t lt > be turned aside from its objective by foolish resolutions or other 'forms of propaganda. It was perfectly honest in saying its objective was seif-government for India. For that it was working, but. it was hindered by these foolish resolutions, which had been deplored by all friends of In. dia in Britain.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 7 January 1930, Page 5
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