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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947.

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE Bill Given Enthusiastic Third Reading In House

Practising As Well Transport Union

As Preaching

London, July 15.

Members of all parties in the House of Commons

today joined Sir Stafford Cripps, President_of the Board of Trade and a member of the Cabinet Mission to India, in' wishing'success, and pledging future assistance to the Domin- fons of India and Pakistan, which will come into existence on August 15. Introducing for the third reading the Indian Inde-

pendence Bill, which was first presented to Parliament less than a week ago. Sir Stafford Cripps declared that it would do more to create "a real and living friendship with India than any other action which this country has ever taken."

Nationalisation Bill Passed

London, July 16.

Call For Production

Hastings,, July. 15.

Deakin, Mr. Arthur

The House of Lords yester. day passed the Labour govern- : ment's inland transport nation- alisation bill but sent it back to the Commons with a dozen General Secretary of the amendments passed over the Transport and General government's protests.

Workers Union, the Approval came on the third world's largest union, reading of the bill which will today called for a return bring Britain's railways, bus)

lines and long transport con-of many wartime mea tractors under government sures, including a limit- He was strongly supported by that friendship must be re- ownership by next January. ed policy of direction of Mr. R., A. Butler, Conservative ciprocal and genuine on both Conservative peers outvoted member, when he declared that sides and on a level of equality. the smanit Labour group 12 labour, to lead Britain by giving Independence to In- Because the Indian leaders were times on various amendments out of her grave econo- dia, Britain was establishing Britain's former enemies, thero during their two months con-¡mic crisis.

Addressing more than 700 her "honesty of-democratic pur- was no reason why they should; sideration of the measure. pose,"

not become her friends,

Parliamentary_observers anti-] delegates representing 1,300.000 Mr. Butler in his turn em- Lord Winterton said that few cipato another Commons battle men at the Union's biennial con- phasised that with this move atateamen had moulded the po- when the House considers the ference hore, Mr. Deakin made Britain was showhig she Walley of their colìntry to the ex-amendments-Associated Press. Į these proposals when introduc- practising as well as preaching tent Lord Mountbatten had the principle of self-govern-done.

ment.

Civil Service

Sir Stafford Crippa made it He believed that the new

India's Offer To

clear that the British Govern- relationship would be both Gen. Slim

ment did not consider its Job dañe merely with the passage of this bill.

Sir Stafford said that by the very fact that the two domin. ions of India and Pakistan would be an integral part of the British Commonwealth, Bri- tain was bound to further their progress and prosperity.

striking and fruitful, for there was a constant growth of new ideas within the ambit of the British Government.

He did not want to say any thing further than had been maid regarding the States except that the door must be left open, With regard to the civil ser vants, they had, he thought, on Future Of States the whole, satisfactory ousur- the Mr. Butler expressed concern ances and he hoped that about the future of the prince'y Government would continue to states. He suggested that the do everything they could, in Government had been "nervous consultation with the new au- of the Balkariisation of India" thorities, to try to stabilise and and had been nervous of giving safeguard in every possible way too much chance to the States the position of these people. to become independent.

Then there was the question If any

state or states did of the scheduled class. choose independence, he said, hel One of the many evil things hoped the Government would Mr. Gandhi had done to India: handle them with sympathy and was what he had succeeded in understanding.

bringing about by the Poona "We are entering on a fourth Pact. Had it not been for his crisis of the Empire," Mr. But uction, these people would have ler said. There was hope for enjoyed a much better franchiso the eventual conception of than they did today, but Mr. greater whole to unite the two Gandhi threatened to fast to dominions.

After three and three quar tera of an hour of debale, the 'House of Commons tonight gave its third reading of the Indian Independence Bill with

out division,

Federation Hope

The Prime Minister, winding un a discussion in which good will to India was the dominant note on all sides of the House, was cheered as he declared that

death.

ing a resolution which also de- manded a progressive reduction of the armed forces,

The resolution was passed by 699 votes to 13, and he was chcored when he said: "There are a great many people who New Delhi, July 15. are doing no useful Job of The Indian Government has work. There are thousands Invited General Sir William who ought to be in productive Joseph Slim, former commander industries."

the

of the 14th Army, to be the Labour direction, he said, Commander-in-Chief of the would substantially case Army of the new Dominion of problems of many undermanned

industries.

'India.

It was also learned unofficially: Mr. Denkin asked for a ces- that Lieutenant-General Sirsation of restrictive trade un- Frank Mosservy, General Officer on practices in industry to Commanding the Northern Com- achieve a full measure of pro- mand, India, will be the first duction in the country and ad- Pakistan (Moslem) Army. including payment by results.

the vocated production incentives,

Commander-in-Chief of

Reuter.

Reuter.

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE BILL CEREMONY

London, July 14. The Indian Independence Bill, which is to create the Dominions of India and Pakistan, will be- come law on Friday morning. The King is up- pointing a Royal Commission of three, led by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Jowitt, to convey his Royal assent to the bill to Parliament, The Royal Commission will take seat-in the presence of a gather-. past he had thought that parti-its place in front of the Woolracke ing of peers. Peeresses and the tion was inevitable. The high-the Lord Chancellor's normal public will look down from the est form of statesmanship was

gallery.

The Inevitable He asked the House. not to racial and religious problems ignore the immensity of tho facing India. For a long time

to accept the inevitable and

The Black Rod, high official of

not try to get round it. Thated her Independence would be the House of Lords (Admiral Sir was why he welcomed the bill. the proudest day in the history Geoffrey Blake), will be request." Sir Stanley Reed, Conserva- of the Commonwealth and hoed to summon the House of Com-

the Indians could count on "the tive said that he always thought| held to that opinion now. mons. The Commoners, led by utmost sympathy and help from that- the-day-when-India-gain." Reuter---.

Britain without the slightest de gree of patronage.”

He was hopeful that partition would result in a federation in which the parts would have full, scope of independence.

Earl Winterton, Conservative member who spent agyon years in the India Office, winding up for the Opposition, pleaded for friendship between the two In- dian dominions and Britain.

Lord Winterton declared that

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Batavia, July 15.

Dr. Amir Sjarifuddin, the Indonesian Republican Prime Minister, who began discussions here yesterday with the Netherlands Lieutenant Governor General, Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, in what was described as a "last attempt" to achieve an interim federal government for Indonesia will return to Jogjakarta, the Re- publican capital, tomorrow, to consult his Government.

After two days of talk, the in the

western sector of the problems remaining

delaying Batavia perimeter and off the the formation of the Interim east coast. Government were still unresolv-|

On the Batavia perimeter, the Republicans clalated that the Dutch used tanks.

the Speaker, Colonel Clifton Brown, in a procession headed by the Prime Minister and the Op- position leader, will walk to the House of Lords,

The Lord Chancellor, when the Commoners have assembled at the back of the Lords' Chamber, will

Inform them of the terms of the King's Commission,

King's Assent

The King's assent to the Indian Independence Bill will be an nounced. The Speaker will doff his hat and the three Commission- er peers will three. times' rhise cocked hata surmounting their full-bottomed wigs

If there are no other billa rei ceiving Royal assent at the same time, the Commons procession will make its way. back to the Lower Chamber.:

The entire ceremony is expect ed to last 15 minü:es-Reuter/"

NO FOUNDATION

"It was believed that the dis- cussions centred on the Dutch proposal, for a joint constabul- A.90-minute gun duel between Jary to police Republican ter a Dutch nával patrol and shorel

*London. July 15, ritory which had been a stunib- batteries in which three Indo- The War Office tonight said ling block throughout the nogp- nesians were injured, was re- that there was absolutely no [tlations.

ported from Kespang, south of foundation for a Shanghai According to an Indonesian Banyulangt, on the east coast newspaper report, quoted today Army communique nublished of Java.

agency,

today and quoted by Antara, the The Dutch newspaper Niew by the Soviet news Henry Linda

Victor Republican news agency. Indo-sefer said today that discussions that British, and Indian troops FONDA DARNELL MATURE nesian and Dutch troops clashin Batavia were being in- had been in the Sinklang Pro- A 20th Century Fox Pictured last week on several" Java fluenced by the increasing re- vince of Chinn, where border

fronts.

ports of destruction behind the clashes with Outer Mobgollan The communique reported demarcation line, especially; at that there had been fighting | Bandoeng - And Buitenzorg, troops were reported list **3277) Burabaya perimeter, at. Barang in central Java.—Reuter, ⠀ month,Router.

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