"FUTURE OF INDIA"

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 233, 4 November 1940, Page 4

"FUTURE OF INDIA"

. ■ .-Jk Sir,—With reference to your article dated 30th October under the heading Under British Flag, it is illuminating to. consider the statements of Winston Churchill as late as July 8, 1933, at Epping in which he said: 'India is vital to the /well being of Britain, and I can't help feeling very a'nxious when I see forces from Avhich our population is largely supported being gradually diminished. Foreign investments are . slowly shrinking, and shipping is at a low ebb. If to these we add the loss of India in one form or another, then problems will arise here more grave than any we have known.'

The Manchester Guardian in an £ article headed "The Real Issue 1930" states: There are two chief reasons why a self-regai cling England may hesitate to relax hex control over : Indian The first is that her influence in . i the past depended partly upon her power to summon troops and draw resources from India in ..-time' of need. This power will vanish when India has Dominion * Status. The second is that Great Britain finds in India her best market* and that, she has: one thousand million pounds of capital invested there. Yours etc., 'READER, Whakatane. ' - ■ ■. .-■■ ■ . ,"i|i