INDIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 26 August 1946, Page 5

INDIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT

PANDIT NEHRU HEAD Recei vod Sunday, 7 p.m. NEW DKL11 i, August. 24. His Majestv lius accepted the resignat i r>ii of the ea retaker Government and appointed a ncw Government headed bv .Mr. Nelmi. Two more Moslein members wiil be appointed later. The Governinent will takc the oath on September 2. Lord Wavell, brondcusting over the New Delhi radio, urged the Mosleni League to recoiisider its decision not to participate in Mr. Nehru's uew interim (Ioveniment. He said XI r. Xehru and his eolleagues were anxious that bota the main parties should be represented therein. "The Wav Member of tlie Xew Government will be an Indian, but this in nn way changes the armed forces' coustitutional position. The forces still owe allegiance to the King and huiperor and to the British Parliament, Lonl Wavell said. The recent serious disturbances at Galcutta were a sobering reminder that ;i greater measure of tolerance was essential if India was to survive the transition to freedom. Ile einphasisecl that the arniy was i-alled in only as a last resort to check civil disturbances. "1 express adniiraiion for the t roops ' restraint in the execution. of an unpleasant and oxacting dut.v. " he added. Reuter's Xew Uelhi correspondent rejiorts that Lord Wavell will fly to Calcutta tomorrow to stucly at Jirst hand ihe situation in connection with the rioting there. When the appointment of the new Government was announced, rioting broke out 111 the old city in a light between groups armed with sticks and knives. A six-hour curfew was ordereU and public assemblies banned. 1 " _ %