INDIAN COMMISSION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 28 November 1927, Page 5

INDIAN COMMISSION

APPOINTMENT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED “ENCOURAGING BREADTH OF VISION. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. [British Official Wireless.) (Received 28. 11.30 a.m.) Rugby, Nov. 26. Commenting on the acceptance of the Indian Statutory Commission by all parties in the House of Commons, “The Times’’ states: “The unanimity of the principal spokesmen and the general tenor of their speeches showed an encouraging breadth of vision and a strong sense of political responsibility. Nothing could have been more satisfactory than so much proof that all parties in Parliament have agreed to treat tho composition of the Statutory Commission as an issue transcending party differences and at the same time to make it clear that restriction of its membership to members of the British Parliament was never intended as a slight tn the Indian Legislature or as at: affront to Indian susceptibilities.’’ Other newspapers comment •» similar vein As both House? of Parliament have now signified approval of the proposed membership of the Statutory Commission formal appointment of this hodv will follow in duo course and agreements will be completed foi the first of the Commission’s two visits to India. TWO VISITS CONTEMPLATED. “It is understood,'’ says tne “Daily Telegraph,” that Sir John Simon and Ins colleagues will leave for the East on or about January 19, which means that they will arrive in India early in February. According to the present programme tliev will leave for Home about March and will return to India in October ot next year. During the first visit the Com. mission will, it is'expected, devote a considerable portion of the time to investigating the actual working of the Legislature machinery and the methods of administration, and it is not unlikely that this will entail visiting one or two of the provinces.’’