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LORD ZETLAND EXPLAINS

INDIAN SITUATION

Recent Events Reviewed

London, April 8. an action would clearly be con- A statement on India was made stitutional activity on the part of in the House of Lords by the Be- the ministry which the Congress cretary of State for India. Lord formula required the governors Zetland, after a review of the re-- not to interfere with, but un ob- cent events following the provin-ization was imposed on the gover- cial elections and an explanation nors, under Section 52 of the Act, of the constitutional position un- to safeguard the legitimate in der the Government of India Act, terests of the minorities. made an appeal to the public men' of India to avail themselves of the great opportunities open to them to serve the cause of orderly con- stitutional progress in their coun- | try.

If decision of the Congressmen, in declining office, had been gue to a genuine misunderstanding of the constitutional position or the governors, he expressed the belief that if Mr. Gandhi or anyone else representing Congress, recognising the real constitutional position as he. Lord Zetland, had explained it. were to express the desire in these altered circumstances to see the Viceroy, the latter would ap- proach the request with every as- sire to reach an understanding of what the position of the provincial representatives of Congress in the matter actually was.

A similar statement was made in the House of Commons by the Un- der-Secretary in the course of a "Parliamentary answer..

ASSURANCES SOUGHT Lord Zetland began his state- ment by recalling that the Con- gress Party were in the majority after the elections in six of the eleven provinces, and the cir- curistances in which the Congress leaders in the six provinces, on be- ing Invited to form ministries, Bought assurances from the gover- which the latter could not nors

give.

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ITALIANS AT CADIZ

Spanish Protest

London, Apr. 8.. The Spanish Government at Valencia has protested to the Non- Committee against Intervention the alleged landing of 10,000" Ita=" lian troops at Cadiz since the ban on volunteers came into force..

Inquiries by the British Govern- ment do not confirm the truth of the Spanish assertion.

Following the visit of officers of the British cruiser Shropshire to the insurgent authorities at Pal- ma, an apology has been express- ed for the bombing of the destru-. yer. H.M.S. Gallant, which twice attacked yesterday from the air. Twice the destroyer beat off the bombers with gunfire.

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Was

WLS conceivable the rebel planes unfortunately mistook H.M.9. Gal- lant for a Spanish Government

Opinions might differ, Lord Zet- land aaded, as to the necessity for such safeguards, but it could not be doubted that the Indian minori ties themselves attached the ut- most importance to them and the governors could not divest themselves of the spécial respon sibilities and powers conferred It is understood that General upon them of making Auch Francisco Franco, the Insurgent safeguards effective. The House Commander-in-Chief, has stated it applauded the Secretary of State when he paid a tribute to the public spirit of other political lea- ders in the six provinces who had "craft. undertaken the difficult

and distasteful task of serving in minority ministries in order that the King's Government might be carried on. These ministries were absolutely constitutional and the future depended on legislatures. and the policy of the ministries: might be with their approval II not it would be open to the majority, in accordance with the universally accepted practice un- der the system of responsible gov" ernment, to form a miniatry and so to accept responsibility for their action in office.

displacing those in

Further. It is understood he has instructed his aircraft to take the greatest care in the future in ex- amining the identity marks of any craft in these waters before tak-- ing hostile action against them. Reuter's Bulletin Service."

MR. EDEN TO VISIT BELGIUM

past,

London, April 8. The Foreign Secretary will. on the invitation of the Belgian Government, pay a short visit to Belgium towards the end of this RESERVE POWERS

month. This visit will enable Mr. Finally Lord Zetland said that Eden to renew the personal con- the reserve powers were an integral tacts which he bas established part of the constitution and could with the Belgian Prime Minister not be abrogated except by Parlia- and Minister for Foreign Affairs ment itself, and the governorscoth at Geneva and

on various could not treat Congress 19

a occasions when they have visited The Viceroy, with Lord Zetland's privileged body, exempt from the this country within the approval had already reminded Brovisions of the constitution by year- the governors that while he hopea which all other parties were bound,

British Wicetras they would offer to the leaders the but having said that, he added that fullest support possible within the there was no reason why the re- of the governors framework of the constitution, cor- serve powers tain obligations had been im-should even come into play-whe- posed upon them by Parliament of which, without the authority of Parliament, they could not divest themselves, and although the Al- India Congress Committee then passed a resolution making ac ceptance of office by Congressmen conditional upon the assurance that the governor "would not use his special powers of interference or set aside the advice of the ministers in regard to their con- stitutional activities," it was widely assumed in India, in the press and elsewhere, that the formula was

ther they did at did not must de- pend upon the policy and action of the ministries themselves. British Wireless.

Brussels. April 8, The British Foreign Secretary Mr. Anthony Eden. 19 expected here in the middle of April, when he will confer with Premier van Zeeland, Foreign Minister Spaak on a number of questions concern- ing the Western Pact. Transoceas News Service.

POSITION, EXPLAINED

London, April 8.. The situation in India arising from the refusal of the Congress Party to accept office in the six BERLIN INTEREST IN provinces where it commands a majority was the subject of a question by Mr. C. R.

Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, in the House of Commons this afternoon, The Under-Secretary for India.

JAGODA CASE

Berlin, April 8.

It is evident that the Jagoda case still commands public interest in one which would enable the Con- in replying reviewed the recent Germany to a large extent. The gress leaders in the provinces to developments and said if Mahat readers well informed on the cur- Berlin paper "Angriff,” keeping its satisfy themselves as to thema Gandhi or any body represent rent developmenta, now discusses. attitude of the governors towards ing the Congress Party, recognis- whether the arrested GPU chief them, without requiring from them ing the real constitutional post-will be given a public trial. The assurances they could not give.. tion na now explained, expressed a

In this event, nowever, acting on desire to see the Viceroy, he be the Moscow authorities will this paper comes to the conclusion that Instructions from headquarters, the lieved His Excellency would ap-time try to take the case out of Congress leaders declined to acproach the request willingly and the sphere of politics and be con- cept office unless they received with every desire to reach an un- tent with a "criminal Investiga- every assurance which it was coderstanding as to what the position."-- stitutionally impossible for the tion of the provincial representa governors to give.

tives of the Congress Party really.

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WEDDING OF DUKE OF WINDSOR

London, April 8. The wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Simpson will not -as generally supposed — take place in Austria but in France, ac- cording to the "Evening Standard" It is understood that the wedding will take place on May 23, at De- near Tours, where cande Castle Mrs. Simpson is at present stay- Ing. Only 15 guests are to be in- vited to the wedding-

Transocean News Service.

SURPRISING STATEMENT There followed what Lord Zet-Reuter. land described as a "most surpris- ing statement" from Mr. Gandhi, suggesting that the Congress formula asked for nothing more than the Implementing of the sug- gestion which Mr. Gandhi attri- buted to the British Ministers, that ordinarily governors would not use their powers of interference." To contend that there was no differ ence between such an expression of opinion and the request for E pledge by a governor himself, in advance, to make no use of his special powers was, Lord Zetland said, "so. astonishing that it ap- pears to be explicable only on the assumptiori that elther Mr. Gandhi has never read the Act or Instrument of instructions or the report of the Joint Select Commit- tee, or that if he had done so he had completely forgotten, when he made his statement, the provisions The Italian envoy to the Franco embodied in those documents in Government, Candalupe, has ar- respect of the special responsibil-rived in Rome Although it is tles vested in the governor."

ENVOY RETURNS TO ROME

Rome, April 8.

It was all the more unfortunate officially stated that he has come to report or his mission, it is that Mr. Grandhi should have made

such a statement because large generally believed that his recall numbers in India were accustomed Transocean News Servica

to accept any statement of his as necessarily correct, Therefore he must make it clear beyond any possibility of doubt that the de- marid made to the governors was one, which without the amend- ment of the constitution, they could not possibly have accepted. EXAMPLE CITED

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DANZIG-GERMAN RELATIONS

Danzig, April 8

It is officially stated here that Danzig is not at present adopting German racial legislation. Rumours To illustrate this Lord Zetland to the contrary are said to have cited the example of a Hindu or arisen in certain circles in Geneva Moslem majority ministry which that are. Interested in disrupting proposed to curtall the number of the settlement recently reached in schools available to Moslems, or Danzig affaire.Y Hindus as the case might be. Such Trananeean News Servicn.

Franczan News Seroien

CHINESE DIPLOMAT

Berlin, April 8.

Dr. Tru Hsu, member of the Chi- nese Consulate at Hamburg, has been transferred to the Chinese Legation at Oslo.- Transocean New Service.

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