We sincerely hope that we detect some signs of misgiving
in the Times when we read in the leading article of Wednesday the
following words :-
" It would be ridiculous to charge the House of Commons with the highly teohnical task of framing a franchise for India, but why are the prescribed Committees not appointed ? In another
respect Mr. Montagu has quite unnecessarily laid himself open to a great deal of acid criticism in this country. He places his own Report before Parliament and the country, and asks for a verdict upon it without submitting any of the evidence upon which it is based. We are aware that the documents are too voluminous to be published in full, but Mr. Montagu's own Council urged him to publish ' a very careful selection, embodying all shades of opinion.' Whether he is aware of it or not, his apparent reluctance to produce his evidence is causing misgivings in many quarters."
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