IN INDIA
VICEROY’S CRITICISM
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.)
DELHI. October 1
A bauyaet was given at Simla by members and the Minister of the Punjab Government to bid farewell to the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, whose term expires in March next. The Viceroy, in his speech declared that the.refusal of the Indian National Congress to go to Round-table Conference at Londonbetrayed tragiclack of foresight:; and a;, bankruptcy: of statesmanship. By a blank refusal to face facts the National Congress had assumed a. heavy respon-, sibility, Ifor.. which history '. would as-: suredly not hold them The Congress had done great economic harm to .the, country, and had; on the civic side, inflicting irreparable harm by inculcating a spirit of defiance. The Viceroy referred to the suggestion that peace might have been restored if he had given a private assurance on the constitutional issue. He remarked that secret diplomacy of this kind “to buy off the civil disobedience movement” would never . appeal tp him. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1930, Page 6
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