POLITICAL REFORM IN INDIA
The Government of India Bill was the subject of discussion in the House of Lords oil June.3o. It was agreed to concur in tho ref.o'.ution communicated by the Commons:—"Timt it is expedient that the Bill bo committed to a Joint Committee of Txmls and Commons." Lord Curzon'said that us tho reports mid other Parliamentary papers dealing with the sulijcct already extended to over 1000 pages of print, there was no ground for a, complaint of Sack of infc»""fltion. • The. guiding principle of the Bill, which .was "tlie progressive realisation of reepnusibio government in India," he described as a binding declaration on tho British nation and in the nature, of a compact between ourselves and tho people of Tndia. "ThiiiPS .iro moving very fnst in India." Lord Curzon declared. "India is apiiiiiiuar very fast and very far dowh the riiigiiifT grooves of chance. India has grown in stature.. She. feels that she is no longer in a etate of tutelage."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 307, 23 September 1919, Page 5
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163POLITICAL REFORM IN INDIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 307, 23 September 1919, Page 5
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