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P.27J352.
C A B I N E T .
REPORT BY THE CABINET
The a c c o m p a n y i n g
Secretary
of
State
Second Reading
Bill,
the
speech
Secretary
of
the
Viceroy's
2, W h i t e h a l l
in
to
reply
proposals
Gardens,
the
to
of
if
of
of
State
for
the
his
Cabinet.
the
comments,
of
t o make any m a t e r i a l
the
of
statement
on r e c e i p t
to
his
Committee
the
the
India
the Committee,
be b r o u g h t
and,
course
India
telegraphing
desire
8.W.1.,
1935.
of
the V i c e r o y
will
Committee
29th January,
is
Secretary
t o b e made b y
on t h e G o v e r n m e n t
approval
State
confidentially
India
India
a n d i s now s u b m i t t e d
With the
his
statement,
h a s b e e n a p p r o v e d by t h e
Cabinet,
should
for
COMMITTEE ON I N D I A -
notice
necessary,
to
the
(Intlld.)
J.
R.
and,
the
change,
of
the
Cabinet.
M.
The House w i l l
modern B i l l s ,
true,
the
observe
Government
in this
of
There
case
intention
Is
is,
"set
of
in their
i n these
of
their
all
the
attitude
towards
justified
of
the
substance
to
quote
justified
consider
which have
of
after
political
Committee were
Government
attitude
ultimate
the
words
the
as
own w o r d s )
g a i n e d by r e i t e r a t i n g
all"
1919
Report
the
is
surely
that
nothing
Parliament
"settled
to
the
problem.
of
in
government,
the
the f i r s t
Parliament
the
(in
and t h e
to
there
government
of
-
of
then proceeded
as
the
or
"subsequent
-
Moreover,
is
Preamble
the
that
added n o t h i n g
If
a
The C o m m i t t e e ,
asserted
and p e o p l e
statements
and f o r
Indian
India".
which they
India.
they were f u l l y
once
a
in their
and d e f i n i t e l y ,
have
and f o r
of
Committee
further
Report
Parliament
aspirations"
t o be
in
policy
once
The P r e a m b l e
Joint
declaration",
British
no n e e d f o r
is
statement
w a s p r e f i x e d b y way o f
finally
consideration,
"settling
a
the Act
full
in full
t o which
to
rule
it
amongst, t h e m
required.
British
this
the past,
policy
out,
most
There have,
of
of
of
like
a s no new p r o n o u n c e m e n t
aims
statements
in
1919,
however,
was d e s c r i b e d b y t h e
having
Acts
India Act
and i n t e n t i o n s
Preamble.
the B i l l ,
c o n t a i n s no P r e a m b l e .
b e e n Piatay i m p o r t a n t
of p o l i c y
that
Indian Empire,
importance.
can t r e a t
authority
of
concrete
lightly
their
a p o l i c y has been
significance
and a b o v e
attaches
measures
all
in
the
continuity
of
policy
No G o v e r n m e n t
a n d no
aniy s t a t e m e n t
i s sued under
predecessors.
clearly
not
to
But
determined
its
once
and
reiteration,
taken i n pursuance
of
it.
the
aim
accepted
but
to
the
The p o s i t i o n
of
They stand f i r m l y
Preamble
(which
and b y t h e
on t h e
is
not
part
interpretation
that
as t h e r e
Government,
of
the
"the
natural
the
1919.
There
enshrine
in
an A c t w o r d s
terms
art,
but
have had,
indeterminate
and
shifting
saying
of
course,
t o Burma
that
with
repeat,
of
will
is
step -
by
acts
and n o t b y w o r d s
It
is
in
set before
nor w i l l
reluctance
the
that
is
of
surmount,
its
attainment be
they
I n d i a n p r o b l e m and n o t
would
India,and
our
1919,
that
people,
to be
are
of
is
judged.
succeeded
self-government
any
conditions
difficulties
difficulties
our
It
e n d we h a v e
delayed by
these
this
­
purpose.
upon which
are
and
stride
reach the
recognise
which,
statement
when I n d i a has
conditions
but
an
include,
a clear
we c l a i m
the
There
not
Preamble.
also
of
the B r i t i s h
ourselves
exist.
but
to
have,
I
Indeed a great
to
the
States.
achievement
on o u r p a r t
they actually
has t o
the
remove
no n e e d
the
that
Dominion
to British
India,
t h e n t h a t we c a n o n l y
establishing
rests,
given
the Preamble
of
towards
on
progress
and w h i c h
of
1919
1929,
meaning o f
our p l e d g e s ,
Indian
forward
plainly
meaning,
stand unrepealed,
a definite
clear
the
declaration
purpose
of
and may s t i l l
British
the
India's
therefore,
pledges
of
day,
and. p h r a s e s w h i c h a r e
understood,
the ultimate
Bill
is,
stand by
only
as p a r t
Rightly
I
we
not
engagements
the
of
the
this.
repeal)
in
1929 w a s made t o
as t o
of
of
attainment
of
Preamble
In
is
plan to
the Viceroy
issue
doubts which had been f e l t
a d d n o t h i n g new t o
their
Government
The d e c l a r a t i o n
of
of
put by
contemplated i s
Status".
therefore,
by the pledge contained i n the
it
authority
Preamble,
the
creation.
which
inherent
If
I
when
she
in
indicate,
by
way o f
therefore,
through
because
is
to
it
face
race,
caste
sections
to
or t o
dissolve.
problem which
of
safeguards
until
her
Government
These
Instructions
to be
are
as w i l l
that
help
that
in regard to
the
desire
lend
is
to
of
Bill
of
our h e l p
which
and
i n which i t s
it,
is
the
and
removing
in
the
the
provisions
to
do a l l
to
are
that
enable
ultimately
Empire.
the
one
spirit
any
alone.
of
It
the
a modus
of
was
in
formidable
communal d i f f e r e n c e s .
in
Indian
word
on o u r p a r t
advance by p r o v i d i n g
removal
the
and c o - o p e r a t i o n
of
an
any p r o v i s i o n s
within
enable
the
conditions
this
will
Again,
defence,
we t o o k u p o n o u r s e l v e s
further
mutual
absent.
of
­
their
so l o n g
degree
difficulties
self-government
to
be
­
few y e a r s
than the
sense
accompany
b u r d e n and r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
obstacles
full
seen from
these
and demand
last
themselves,
a s t o t h e manner
overcome
spirit
other
examples
be
refuse
depending f o r
o r b y any a c t i o n
can b y s y m p a t h e t i c
attain
the
of
are
problems which would
the
a p p l i e d which w i l l
India to
rule
or a l t e r e d b y
Parliament,
Our p o l i c y ,
as t h e r e
own e f f e c t i v e
in
avoided
cleavages
majority,
self-government
her
are
refuse
conspicuous
i s her
assume i n much l a r g e r
cannot b e r e m o v e d
of
the
sanction
cannot be
autonomous.
to
of
communities
for
hut
I n d i a , who r e s o l u t e l y
I n d i a has s o l v e d the
to
not,
kind to
and m o s t
so l o n g
majority
full
responsibility
we
of
the w i l l
the
of
safely
Act
facts
demanded a g a i n w i t h i n
of
conditions
if
solve
is
them,
assume t h a t
The f i r s t
a u t h o r i t y u p o n some
agreement
t o magnify
this
the people
against
them i t
of
and r e l i g i o n :
as t h e y have
of
in matters
I n d i a has t o
be bound b y
two
any d e s i r e
useless
facts
they w i l l
example,
chief
Vivendi
Our
partnership
in
a great
which
to
Enterprise
this
give.
country
which
and
may
India
enlist
may
have
the
i t
best
in
services
their
power