INDIAN PRINCES MEET BRITISH DELEGATES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19230, 18 November 1930, Page 6

INDIAN PRINCES MEET BRITISH DELEGATES.

TERMS OF AGREEMENT TO FEDERATION OUTLINED (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, November 17. The ‘‘Daily Telegraph” says: “A, deputation of Indian Princes met the representatives of British-India at Carlton Hotel yesterday and detailed the terms upon which they were prepared to enter into an All-India Federation, if an agreement acceptable to all parties is reached. The conditions include:— (1) The Viceroy will remain as the King’s representative. (2) All dynastic questions affecting the succession of the Princes, their marriage and powers within their states shall be left exclusively to themselves, the Federal Government having no authority, (3) They shall have a fair share in all_ State services in common with British-India and the Indian States, such as railways, canals, irrigation and Customs. (4) The army shall remain under the Viceroy, who may employ State troops when necessary. (5) Existing treaties to remain. They shall not be changed in anv fresh agreement with the All-India 'Government. (6) Disciplinary authority shall be exercised in certain cases by the Viceroy. Such cases as misrule shall be left to the Council of Princes. It is also understood that the Princes w’ill seek powerful representation in the Second Chamber. The onlj” Prince opposed to entering the All India Federation is the Nizam of Hyderabad. The Hindu leaders have agreed to recognise the North-West Frontier Province and the Punjab as predominantly Moslem, and have agreed to separation of Sind from Bombay. The Moslem demand for thirty-three per cent of the representation in the Central Legislature -was not agreed to. The question of equitable representation of Hindus and Moslems in public services is left to a public services commission such as exists in the Irish Free State.