OMISSION OF PLEDGE
English Press Comment on India Bill STATEMENT EXPECTED By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received January 25, 10.20 p.m.) London, January 25. Comment on the India Bill follows •the lines of earlier expressions. Political writers point out that attention is sure to be concentrated in India on the omission of a preamble. The Act of 1919 contained a preamble promising progressive realisation of responsible government for British India as an integral part of the Empire, and it was expected that the new Bill would contain a similar pledge. The “Daily Telegraph’s” political correspondent understands that the Government intends during the debate to announce that it will stand by the pledges to India, and will also state what it regards as the ultimate aim of Indian development. It will be at least six months before the measure reaches the Statute Book. The “Morning Post” regards the Bill as the most elaborate and complicated structure ever put on paper. It conveys yet retains powers in a manner almost impossible to comprehend. “We feel bound to say that the Government has strained party allegiance to the breaking point.”
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 104, 26 January 1935, Page 7
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186OMISSION OF PLEDGE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 104, 26 January 1935, Page 7
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