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Lord Irwin said that there had been impatience on the

Indian side and lack of appreciation, mistaken for lack of sympathy, on the British side. Thus suspicion grew. It Was no rprising that India rightly "sensitive of-herself- respect " should not have desired to remain in the British Empire on terms which implied a permanent inferiority of status. Therefore, last year on the authority of the British Government he had described " Dominion slut m" as the • natural completion of India's roust it u t iuntil growth. " That declaration was made and stands." The Simon Report. he continued, was a weighty contri- bution to a most difficult problem, but the Simon Com- mission itself had not desired to anticipate the decision of the Government which must be reached after the Round Table Conference.

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