On Sunday the Viceroy of India forwarded' to the Prime
Minister a message to the British nation from the princes and people of India conveying "an expression of their cordial .goodwill .and fellowship and also an assurance of their warm 'attachment to the, world-wide Empire of which they form
part and with which their destinies are now indissolubly linked." The message emphasizes the profound and ineffaceable impression produced throughout India by the King's visit and adds the expectation that it will mark the beginning of a new era in the country's history. The Viceroy in a covering telegram explains that the message was based on the one hand upon telegrams received from the principal ruling princes and on the other upon resolutions passed at public meetings throughout the country and forwarded to the unofficial members of the Viceroy's Council.
