INDIA'S CONSTITUTION.
DRASTIC CHANGES DEMANDED AN OPPOSITION VICTORY. CALCUTTA, Sept. 9. By 75 votes to 45, tho All India Legislative Assembly, at Simla, carried tho motion of the Leader of the Opposition, demanding drastic changes in the constitution. Tho motion was introduced as an amendment to that for the adoption of the majority report of the Reforms Inquiry Committee, which recommended small alterations. It was carried after a' bitter rhetorical debate. Opposing the amendment, tho Finance member, Sir Basil Blackett, and the Commerce member, Sir Charles Innes, made powerful speeches, the former pointing out that London's control of Indian finanpes was not absolute, and the power of interference had not been exercised. He alluded to the Steel Protection Act and the separation of railway finance as instances of co-operation.
Sir Charles Innes said the Government could not allow any diminution, of tho claim of the British Parliament to judge the measure and time of each constitutional advance. The Government of India had a duty to the masses, of whom it was the trustee.
The Moslem viewpoint was presented by Mohammed Yakub, who said the reforms were inadequate and unsatisfactory.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19124, 16 September 1925, Page 11
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