HINDU AND MOSLEM

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 72, 24 February 1932, Page 7

HINDU AND MOSLEM

- rnuj tfj r PROBLEM UNSOLVED. AN'APPEAL TO BRITAIN. NEW INDIAN CONSTITUTION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) - • DELHI, Feb. 23. After weeks of futile effort, the Indian leaders are again beaten by the Hindu-Moslem problem and as suggested during the Round, Table Conference last year, Mr Ramsay MacDonald is to be asked to attempt to settle once and for all the differences between the two great religious communities. f" . ’ This decision was reached by the Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, after meeting the Consultative Committee of the Round Table Conference. Though some members of the committee are of the opinion that such a step is not yet advisable, the majority consider that the British Government should make some declaration on this long-standing problem. Apart from this, the preparation of the new Indian Constitution is proceeding smoothly, and important decisions are expected soon. CONGRESS ACTIVITIES. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Feb. 22. Reports received from India, which were, surveyed in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for India, Sir Samuel Hoare, confirm last week’s appreciation, and are particularly satisfactory as regards the North■west Frontier Province, the United Provinces, Punjab and Madras. The danger of sporadic cases of violence as the result of the Congress demonstrations is illustrated by the incident in the Monghyr district of Bihar and Orissa, where a very determined attack was made on a police station, and was beaten back with difficulty after resort to firing. Instances of this kind aro, however, of casual occurrence. The situation in Kashmir and Jammu continues to improve, but accounts of recent events have intensified communal feelings outside, particularly in the Punjab. The situation in Burma is generally satisfactory.