INDIA’S FUTURE.
DOMINION STATUS.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Press Association -Electric Telei,rapl.--Conyrigh (Received Monday, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Sunday. The “Sunday Times” says that Lord Irwin, before returning £o India last Thursday, was in close consultation with the Government regarding India's future, and soon after resuming tho vice-Royal ty a fortnight hence will -make an important announcement on the future policy, and also simultaneously in 11 e British Parliament will be made clear that the Government adheres to the 1927 declaration, and will lay’ down a set of terms of Dominion status for India, which is the goal to be aimed at,’ when conditions are practicable.
It is expected that Captain Wedgwood Benn (Secretary of State for India) will go to India in the winter and arrange a round-table conference, at which all shades of Indian opinion will be represented. It is understood that Lord Irwin’s statement, while not anticipating or prejudicing the Simon Commission report, will give a general indication of the lines on which the advance is contemplated.—U.S. . - A r'YUY
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 October 1929, Page 5
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