RULE IN INDIA
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MASS CAMPAIGN PLANNED MINISTRIES TO RESIGN United Press Assn.— E’.ec. T*l. Copyr'.gbi LONDON, Feb. 17 According to the News Chronicle's special correspondent at Haripura Gandhi is considering a mass civil disobedience campaign to pnd thp Con- } stitution if the Government remains i adamant on the prisoners issue. Congress leaders are reported to have ordered the five remaining Con- | aress Ministries to resign, namely, i Bombay. Madras. Mrissa. the Central t Provinces and the north-west Frontier Province. CONSTITUTION REJECTED NO FOREIGN INTERFERENCE AN ALL-INDIA CONGRESS united Press A?«n —Elec. Tel. Copyrigm Received Feb. 18, 11 a.m.) HARIPURA, Feb. 17 The working committee of the Concress passed a resolution rejecting the n#*w Constitution. It declared that a Constitution acceptable to the Congress mu-st be based on independence and drawn up b> ttie peoples elected representatives. without interference b> a foreign authority. The All-India Congress, which will begin on February 19, will discuss the resolution. ATTTUDE OF GOVERNORS AN EARLY EXPLANATION QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT l ntted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 18, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17 In the House of Lords the .Marquess of Lothian asked the Marquess of Zetd Issue a White Paper on the India crisis, giving in particular any statements issued by the Governors explaining their attitude. The Marquess of Zetland, in announcing that a White Paper would be issued with the least possible delay, said the difference between the Governors and the Governor-General seemed to ha\e been one of degree rather than of kind.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20427, 18 February 1938, Page 7
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