In the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Morley endeavoured
to persuade the Peers to reinsert Clause III. in the Indian Councils Bill,—the clause enabling the Government of India to set up Exeeutive Councils in the provinces governed by Lieutenant-Governors. To enforce his view Lord Morley read a telegram from the Government of India describing the omission as very unfortunate. Lord Lansdowne could not agree. He thought it would not be prudent to reinsert the clause, and could not admit that the case had been materially altered by the telegram which Lord Morley read. The clause was accordingly dropped, no division being challenged on Lord Moiley's prcoiosal. Lord Morley next moved the insertion of a clause providing 'that all regulations and rules made ender the Act should be laid before Parliament as' soon as may be after they are made. Lord Miclleton, supported by Lora Lansdowne, declared that the clause would really have no effect as a check, and propesed that no regulations should receive the approval of the Secretary of State until they had lain for forty days on the table of the Heuer). Lord Morley, however, would not accept the' amendment, and ultimately Lord Malden withdrew it.
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