VICEROY’S APPEAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 297, 17 December 1941, Page 5

VICEROY’S APPEAL

PEOPLE OF INDIA WORK FOR COMMON CAUSE Calcutta. Dec. 15. Appealing to the people of India at this crucial moment to forget their differences and yvork together for the common object, lhe Viceroy. Lord Linlithgow, said: "The clouds we have watched gathering for so long in the Far East have hurst in a storm that brings the menace of war more closely to India, which is no longer a spectator in these tremendous events." Referring to his pronouncement of September 8. 1940. regarding pledges hy Britain concerning the future constitutional development of India. Lord Linlithgow said it was as valid to-dav as yvhen it was spoken. He expressed the hope that he might yet, in the provinces yvhich were still yvithout Ministerial government, see in ->oyyer governments yvhich yvere set on winning the war -id ready to use the immense poyver and opportunities at thrir disposal. "To-day.” he said, "our minds are full of bitterness, due to the yvanton and unprovoked Jananesc aggression n ist (he British Emnire and the United Stales. This n»' heavy addition to our responsibilities is one to yvhich we must bend c-ory nerve