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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 23, 1941.
INDIANS AGREE TO JOIN VICEROY'S NEW WAR CABINET
A WHITE PAPER ON "INDIA AND THE WAR,” PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY BY MR. L. M. AMERY, SECRE- TARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, GIVES DETAILS of the PROPO- SALS UNDER WHICH INDIANS ARE TO BE ABSORBED IN THE VICEROY'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND MORE INDIANS ARE TO HOLD PORTFOLIOS IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
It is hoped by this means to augment and consolidate India's war effort and it has the backing of most influential groups of Indian opinion.
The new members of the Executive Coun- cil are as representative of and as responsive to public opinion as the refusal of the Con- gress Party and the Muslim League to cooper- ate makes possible.
The White Paper announced a are ready to cooperate.
There decision to enlarge the Executive are 22 representatives of British Council in order to permit of the India on the Council. separation of the portfolios. of Representatives of the Indian Law and Supply and of Com- States will, all of them, be Princes merce and Labour, and the divi-¦ with the possible exception of sion of the present portfolios of Hyderabad. education, health and lands, into The National Defence Council separate portfolios of Education, will meet at intervals under the Health and Lands and Indians; Chairmanship of the Viceroy and Oversens, and also the creation the Council will on evch occasion of portfolios of information and| receive a confidential statement Civil Defence.
on the war position and of the pusiton in regard 19 supply.
The Viceroy has also succeed- ed in securing cooperation in the e:tablishment of a National De- fence Council of distinguished and representative Indians in British Indie and the rulers of the Indian States.
New Members
ARMISTICE CONTROL IN SYRIA
Major-General John Chrystall has been ap- pointed chairman of the Armistice Control Commission in Syria.
Chief Vichy repre- sentative is General de Verdillac, who was principal Vichy dele- gate during the armis- tice negotiations. Reuter.
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The new Member for Supply is for India in London, who has only Sir
Hormasji Peroshaw Mody, very recently returned from
tour of the United member of the Central Legislative extensive Assembly. He was chairman of States, the Bombay Millowners Associa- Member for Indians Overseas is A War Cabinet
tion and is director of the famous Mr. Madhao Shrihari Aney. He of the Legislative Though no constitutional change Iron and Steel firm of Tatus and is a member is involved
Chairman of the Central Bank of Assembly for Berar and was act- in these announce-
India. ments and the enlarged Executive
ing President of the Indian Con- Council will not be responsible to
The Member for Information is gress Party in 1933 and a member the Legislature, the Viceroy will Sir Akbar Hyduri. He is a Privy of the working Committee until now have what, to all intents and Councillor and until recently was 1934. War Cabinet with bad's Executive Council,
President of Nizam of Hydera- purposes, is a
The new Law Member 15 Sir a marked majority of Indian pub the leader of Hyderabad's State of Bihar.
He was Sultan Ahmed, Advocate-General Bic men instead of the former
The new Member for European and official majority.
Delegation to the three Round Educatión. Health and Land, is Authoritative
Table Conferencês in London. Olarters recall
Mr. Naline Ranjan Sarkar, ex- that in various
Member for Civil Defence statements made
is Finance Minister of the Bengal on behalf of the British Govern-
Mr. Iraghavendra Rao. He was Government. ment since the outbreak of war,
acting Governor of the Central
The creation of the National Provinces in 1936 and has twice Defence Council it has been made clear that con-
associates with -titutional changes in India are
been a Minister in the Central India's war effort representatives quite immracticable while the Bri-, Provinces Government of which
of all influential sections of the tish Empire is engaged in a vital he was appointed Home Member community which are ready to
truggle or its existence and that in 1930.
cooperate and answer the insistent demand for something of this
an agreement between the major Member for Labour is Sir Firoz nolitical parties and interests in khan Noon, High Commissioner kind. Reuter. India is a fundamental condition'
of the consideration of any new
constitutional scheme,
Door Left Open
It was last summer, following many attempts to ease political tension in India, and to bring In- dian public opinion into close con- tact with the central government In the conduct of the war that the Viceroy formulated proposal<| for the extension of his Council and for setting up what was then described as a War Advisory Council.
For a number of rearons, these proposal were found to be un- accentable by the, malor political parties in India, but it was made clear by the Viceroy that the Gov- ernment would leave the doo- open for acceptance ** such plan as soon as a sufficient degrer of representative support war forthcoming.
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Politics Unchanged During the intervening months, all endeavours of the Viceroy were directed towards finding a way in which Indian public opin.. lon could be brought more intim ately into association" with thế administration, in all matters.com nected with the war effort...
There is nothing to indicato, ni present that political conditions ir India are on the way towards be ing bridged. Whitehallpoint out that the Viceroy waited for no less than 11 months since the feeler to political parties in Indio to enter Gavertiment before ex- tending invitations to the indivi duals he has now called to the service of their country.
Ready To Cooperate Nevertheless, the treating of a National Defence, Council «'asso- ciates with India's war effort re- presentatives of all influentint]. scotions of the community whichi...!
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