New Viceroy Meets Indian Leaders

Chronicle (Levin), 28 March 1947, Page 5

New Viceroy Meets Indian Leaders

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Received Thursday, 7 p.m.. - * ' iioNS'GN., M'avc'h 27. The Titiies' ©el-hi coi-reaportdeiit says. Lnrd Mountbatten has begun. a. series of eonversations wi't'h. I'ntliah IfdJ'fti'ChfJ, leadei'S 'aird' has ihvi'thd 7 Mr-. ^Gafa'tlh-i; aird Mr-. •Jiiirihh t'o -'c'oine 4:0 ©elhi -as. soon as possible for . diseussions. He has already talked with Mr. Nehru and Liaqat Ali -K'han and ■during th-is week will see other Cabinet Ministers, ihcluding Tep r'ekeh^ a'tiVes :of "the minority communiti'es. One possible consequence of thest diseussions, The T-imes 'poitffcs ou't, is that the major p'ai't'ies, namely, Coh-' gress and Moslem League, may hol'd their hands for Ihe tim'e being i'ii ordei to ascertain how the V'il'eToy "s "minxl is working ahd "to WatCh hi's coui'se of action in trying 'to "ehd /the 'eonsttth tional 'deadlock. It ig, h'owever, 'cer ' tain, adds the corresp'ohde'nt, th.at, decisive action canno't long be 'wi'thheld if only because co'nim'ulial feel : ings are still running hi'gh oveV la'i'gt' areas of Xofthern Tndi- and the l'oiigeidelay there is ih coiicertfing "ahd ifii'ple ! menting a defmi'te policy, the greatei is the danger of ino'b violence recurri'Ug' on a larger scale 'than ever. The Viee' roy is doubtless aware "of this a'nd it is unlikely that he will waste time initiatin-g roundtable diseussions or at 'temp'ting to settle lo'ng-term .pro'bletns now. Wliat is more probable is that he will coniine himself to soun'ding the dilr'erent leaders and "then. give a lead which, it is hoped, all haviiig India's best interests a't heart will follow.