TASK IN INDIA

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 46, 6 February 1928, Page 5

TASK IN INDIA

COMMISSION ARRIVES AT BOMBAY RESPONSIBILITY OF WORK REMOVING SUSPICIONS. [By Cable — Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 6, 10.30 a.m.) Rugby, Feb. 4. Sir John Simon and other members of the statutory commission arrived at Bombay yesterday. Sir John Simon issued a statement to the press in the following terms: “My colleagues and 1 set . foot in India fully impressed with the responsibility of our work and are resolved to devote all our energy and goodwill to its discharge. Constitutional progress in British India essentially depends on the friendly and sincere co-operation of India and the British representatives, but it is manifest that there exists at the moment in some quarters widespread misunderstanding as to what the commission is setting out to do and uncertainty respecting the methods it proposes to employ. We shall make it our business, without delay, to remove misapprehensions and, after reaching Delhi and becoming more acquainted with the actual situation, we intend to make a statement of the proposed procedure, which should leave no ground for the suspicions which have unfortunately arisen. “We mean to take the fullest opportunity open to us tor consultation with Indian representatives who are willing to meet us, both during our preliminary visit and when we return on our longer, visit in October.”