INDIAN POLITICS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22183, 9 August 1935, Page 11

INDIAN POLITICS

STATE OF TRANSITION NEW VICEROY'S POWERS LONDON. Aug. 1j "The Marquess of Linlithgow*j Viceroy-sleet of India, brings not only a fresh imd vigorous mind but a unique knowlcd of rural India, which should prove oi iinestimable benefit," says the Times oil ![ndia. The Chronicle, the organ of the AllIndia Congress, says Lord Linlithgow, under the new constitution, will have greater autocratic powers than were enjoyed by the previouis Viceroy. It ! hopes le will use them well. The best t thing tiiat can be said is that a worse selection could have been made. The Simla correspondent of the Times jays the new Viceroy will arrive in India to find it in a utate of unparalleled political transition. Indian opinion of the British Act continues to be hostile.