Now we come to the India Committee meeting of Monday
night, to the-outcome of which some clue was provided by Mr. Churchill's intervention at a Unionist Party meeting a few days before. Mr. Churchill then made a passionate speech and secured a resolution virtually in favour of his own ideas. The statement issued by the India Com- anittee gave the text of their resolution : " That this Com- mittee welcomes the decision of Mr. Baldwin that the Conservative Party cannot be represented at any further Round Table Conference to be held in India as now foreshadowed by His Majesty's Government." The imme- diate reaction in India was startling. The special .Corre- spondent of the Times said, " It has placed a gloriouS weapon in the hands of the Congress. For months past its. leaders have :been persuading their followers of the insincerity of the British people." It was irresponsible in the highest degree for the "India' Committee to issue such a resolution for general publication. The effect of it could very easily have been foreseen.
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