INDIAN AFFAIRS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21893, 31 August 1934, Page 11

INDIAN AFFAIRS

INTERNAL SITUATION REVIEW BY THE VICEROY British Wireless RUGBY. August -29 The question of broadcasting has been under active consideration by the Government of India. In a speech in the Indian Legislative Assembly the Viceroy, the Earl of Willingdon, said it was hoped that a system that would embrace the whole of India, and afford an opportunity to the provinces for the Expression of their own culture as well as for giving additional items in English, would be established soon. The Viceroy referred also to proposals for appointing trade commissioners in certain foreign countries. A trade commissioner had been posted in Hamburg, and the appointment of a similar officer in Milan had been approved. The number of persons under detention for offences in connection with civil disobedience had fallen to about 500. The Viceroy said he attributed this happy result no less to Government action than to the good sense of the / people. He anticipated that a healthier atmosphere woidd result from the, general condemnation of terrorism and the appeal of the leaders of opinion in Bengal called forth by the attempt on the life of Sir John Anderson, Governor of that province. Lord Willingdon offered no forecast of the recommendation of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on constitutional reform, but assured the assembly of Britain's goodwill and sympathy for Indians' natural aspirations.