FUTURE OF INDIA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21333, 7 November 1932, Page 9

FUTURE OF INDIA

COMING CONFERENCE STRONG BRITISH DELEGATION British Wireless RUGBY, Nov. A The British Parliamentary delegation to the forthcoming Indian Hound Table Conference in London will consist of the Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, president, Viscount Sankey, deputy-president, Sir Samuel Hoare, Viscount Hailsham, Sir John Simon, Lord Irwin, ex-Viceroy of India and now Minister of Education, Mr. J. C. C. Davidson, chairman of the Indian States Committee, appointed by tho last conference, and Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for India. -.The non-Government delegates will be Earl Peel, Earl Winterton, the Marquess of Reading and the Marquess of Lothian. The Labour Parliamentary party was invited to nominate representatives, but prefers to take no part in the discussions at this stage.

Tho British delegation is probably the strongest ever associated with Indian affairs. Sir John Simon's inclusion is of particular interest, as he is one of the Ministers with the greatest knowledge of India. The task of tho conference is to harness the aspirations and ideals of its predecessors to the realities of Indian political conditions and British Parliamentary responsibilities.

The strength of the delegation indicates the importance the Government attaches to the deliberations. The Government believes that with goodwill, patience and the desire and capacity to understand each other's points of view shown at the Round Table Conference, they should be able to make progress in securing a measure of agreement as a preliminary to the concluding stage of Parliamentary discussion and legislation.