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AFTER SHIFTING SEATS SEVERAL TIMES
Structure Sub-Committee and the number of reserved subjects do not find a real place in their hearts, nor does nu indefinite and vague period of transition: If men like Jayakar, Jimah, Christaniani and Dr. Monjee disapprove of them, there is very little hope that the Congress lenders will ever accept them.
A Jarring Noto.. There is one regrettably jarring note in the final stages of the Con- ference, though it will not, in all probability, have any material offect upon the resulta. I refer to the letter sent to "The States- man" by the President of the European Association repudiating the approval given by Mr. Gavin Jones, the British Indian delegate. to the principal of responsibility at the centre. The attitude is most unfortunate. That the Euro-. pean community in India should thus express their sentiments to- wards those who help them in the earning of their daily bread hardly does them credit. They have always demanded that in the event
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“I know of one man who makes £3,000 a year by selling newspapers and periodicals in the streets," said Mr. MacLaren Inter.
"There are quite a number of man who are making anything from £1,500 to £2,500 a year....
"They do not tell me, of course, but it is easy to find out by simply inquiring tow many papers they are supplied with each day.
THE INDIAN ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE.
(Continued from Pags 1.)
ΤΟ BE WELL more upon public opinion than upon Government notion, and, how. DRESSED IS A SQUIAL AND THIS ever, emphatically we may con- DUTY. demn the Civil Disobedience move. IS EASILY CARBIED
OUT AT ment and whatever powers
we may find it necessary to tako to combat it so long as it persists, we should. I am afraid, make a profound mistake if we under- estimated the genuine and powerful feeling of nationalism that is to-day animating much of Indian thought, and for this no simple, complete or
ever will be found in strong action permanent cure has ever been or It would by the Government. no doubt be possible to apply n far more ruthless policy of repre Bion than anyone has yet suggest rd, and after a space of time, be it short or long, to create a desert and call it peace" (In a anecch given at a dinner of the Calcutta, European Association),
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been the stumbling-block, between the Indian politician and the The on- British Government.. tague Chelmsford Reforms gave but the shadow of self-government to India, The system of dyarchy which it inaugurated was regarded by a certain section of Indian poli- ticians as an insult to a nation which has had a proud history of many centuries. The vast authority given to the Viceroy and the Governors of Provinces, and the shadowy powers accorded the Indian Minis ters, excited the ridicule of these politicians. They refused to co-
Britain is essentially a commer operate in the carrying out of the
tiny is linked up with that of Reforms. The country has since cial nation, and as such her des- || then been plunged into disorder. India, which forms a tremendous market for British goods. Even. It is not for me to say whether source of raw materials and a vast their attitude is one of contumely such a man as Sir Francis. Young- or merely one of misguided pat-husband, who is regarded as an vocate that the relations between riotism. They count amongst them Imperialist, goes so far as to ad-SOUTH SEAS TRADES men who are men of action and Britain and Indin should be thoso
also at SANDAKAN. who have the millions of India at of comradeship based on choice and
No Harbour Dues or Pilotage at either port for bunkering comradeship should be contracted their beck and call. They form a not on compulsion, and that the
Tessels.. most formidable force in the poli, by announcing openly to Indians ties of India, and when that force that they themselves will be asked
Comradeship the Need.
is enhanced by the active co-opera- to decide whether they will remain tion of the womanhood of India, in the Empire or not,"
it becomes still greater. The ques
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"In certain places in the West
Let us hope that the conrado End and in the City, and also in big dockyard towns £1,000 to £2,000tion is, therefore, how far will the ship thus envisaged by Sir Francis a year is not an uncommon carning for new vendors.
President's Message,
10s. To 15s. A Day, President Hoover's refusal to
Mr. H. Goiding, who has been allow n reconsideration of the con- firmation of his appointments was selling papers outside Charing enutained in a special message to Cross Station for over 40 years, the Sente, and then the President said:-
B
carried his fight to the country, "I should say from my expori Through the Press be issued aence that the average earnings of message to the people declaring newspaper sellers are round about that the Senate's request, which he 10 to 15 shillings & day."
Another seller in the same area had refused to grant, constituted a pure and simple attempt to inter-said:-
"I will bet my week's earnings fere with the administrative branch
Government, of the
President that Mr. MacLaren cannot produce Hoover said that his appointments a newspaper seller whe earna £2,000 were made constitutionally and are a year. If 1 lem, I will give the not subject to recall
money to the hospital."
ruled that Senator Walsh's motion
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The President assured the people that the House of Representatives may impeach his appointees to the federal power commission if they was out of order. lle said the mat-tieion it is the actual working of ter was not debatable. The Senate that principle which is the most overrode Vice-President Curtis by a vital part. Is it going to be the vole of 1 to 4 and enacted Senator kernal or the mere shell of that Walsh'e resolution. Presented at principle which the British Parlia the White House, the request mement will grant India That is with a blunt refusal,
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the question which every Indian politician asks himself. Will the. Indian Ministry be really respon. After receiving President Hoover's sible to the Indian Legislature! message of refusal the Senate, by or will they be just the creatures a vote of 36 to 23 passed Senator of the Viceroy and of the Gover Return of Resolution Asked.
And how fast or slow will Walsh's latest resolution. It re- nora Yesterday the Senate, after con- stores to the Senate calendar the bo the Indianisation of the Ser- firming President Hoover's appoint-matter of reconsidering the Presi- vices in Indin. For how many ments to the power commission, dential appointments to the power! more years will India, depend upon Great Britain for the defence of voted to reconsider its notion. By commission, n vote of 44 to 37 it asked the Therefore, the Senate bas made her territory against external ag- President to return its resolution the last move and it will proceed to gression and for maintaining in- Buch, of consent. The western insurgent ignore the President's message of ternal order and peaco? Republicans combined with the refusal to have the nomination of indeed, are the questions which Democrats to force passage of the bis appointees reconsidered. The cross his mind. This is but request to the White House,
Senate will act as though it had natural, for Indians feel, that The more wat sponsored by never confirmed the appointments their continued dependence upon Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Demo- and the President will take the foreign Power in such matters, binet Wodiseosition that babes hic men on the however well-meaning that Power
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The principles of the Federal Structura seem to find approval among the delegates; but there are two things about which the Indian delegation do not appear to be enthusiastic, The financial safe- guards recommended by the Federal
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