INDIAN NATIONALISTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20474, 28 January 1930, Page 11

INDIAN NATIONALISTS

INDEPENDENCE DAY.

ENTHUSIASTIC CELEBRATION STREET FRACAS AT BOMBAY. NO DISORDERS ELSEWHERE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received January 27, 10.25 p.m.) DELHI. Jan. 27. Independence Day was celebrated throughout India yesterday with enthusiasm. The red, white and green flag of the Indian National Congress was hoisted in the presence of vast crowds. A fracas ensued at Bombay between Nationalists and Communists, but the police adopted a policy of non-interfer-ence. This was generally justified by the absence of disorder.

At Delhi the flag of the Congress was unfurled in the presence of 6000 people. The ceremony was followed by monster processions. In most centres the Moslems and Sikhs refrained from joining in the celebrations. A national flag was hoisted over the Calcutta municipal buildings for the first time in the history of that city. SIMON COMMISSION. FORECAST OF REPORT. MEMBERS NOT UNANIMOUS. LONDON, Jan. 26. A correspondent of the Daily Express says he is able to state that the report of the Simon Commission on India which is to be presented to the Prims Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, in February, is likely to disappoint those who advocate immediate radical changes. The report will be the most important document in the history of British rule in India, says the correspondent. He adds that the members of the commission are not unanimous. The majority, consisting of Sir John Simon (chairman), Colonel G. R. Lane-Fox, Mr. V. Hartshorn and Major C. R. Attlee, favour the granting of Dominion status to India by slow and gradual stages only. The minority, consisting of Viscount Burnham, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, and Mr. E. C. G. Cadogan, are of opinion that as Indian politicians do not appreciate the reforms already granted, and have not shown any capacity to carry them out, the reforms should be withdrawn and that simple British rule should be restored wherever co-operation has been withheld.