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CONFERENCE FAILS EXTREMISTS' DEMANDS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assu.) DELHI, Dec. 34. It is generally understood that the conversations between the Viceroy'and five Indian political leaders ended in a total breakdown. Gandhi pressed for tho immediate granting of Dominion status for India, although he frankly admitted that India as yet was utterly unready for Hie task. Tho moderate Indian leaders present at the Viceroy's house were Jinnah and the Moslem leader, T. B. Sapru. The conversations proved hopeless. Extremist counsels are likely now to dominate the Lahore Congress!, and the immediate course of politics in India. The extremist Mayor of Calcutta, when making in a speech, alluded in sarcastic terms to tho attempt on the Viceroy's life, accusing the police of planting bombs, which was inevitable whenever India was about to take a big stride towards her political aims. As a secpiel to tho bomb outrage, eight Indians were arrested at Lahore yesterday, including two delegates to the National Congress. The police arc vigorously prosecuting investigations into the outrage. The Viceroy received hundreds of messages from all parts of India, congratulating him upon lis escape. Even extremist leaders denounce the outrage.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 3
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