REFORMS IN INDIA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18586, 21 December 1934, Page 6

REFORMS IN INDIA

STATEMENT BY VICEROY «... f A SATISFACTORY SCHEME (British Official Wireless.) Ecc. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 20, The first public announcement by the Government of India on the report of the Joint .Select Committee was made last night before the European Association in Calcutta, by Lord YVillingdon, the Viceroy, wlio confirmed the assurance given by the president of that association. He said that he considered the scheme laid down in tho report as satisfactory, forming a reasonable basis for the constitution, as it would mark a notable step towards the gaol presaged in tho preamble of 1910. Referring to tho position of the princes, he said ho hoped that when the bill was laid bit tho table of (ho Houso of Commons, the princes would find their position adequately safeguarded. They would then stand by the promise and assurances of their representatives at tho Round Table Conference that they would' bo willing partners in the proposed constitutional framework, which lie regarded as sound and workable, making an immense advance towards responsible government. His constant effort while in India always had been to move India forward until she achieved her great desire to arrive at a complete position of equal partnership within the Empire with other Dominions under tho Crown.