News of the Week
rr HE peace negotiations in India have broken down.
That is the most important, as well as the most disappointing, news of the week, although strong rumours had prepared us for such a result. It was in the middle of July that Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (the Liberal leader) and Mr. Jayakar (the well-known Responsivist) asked for the Viceroy's permission to visit Mr. Gandhi and the Pandits Nehru in prison to see whether there was any possibility of ending civil disobedience. The Viceroy, characteristically ready for any peace that • could be won by reason, and temperamentally not being in the least danger of mistaking negation for strength, decided to sanction .this well-intended enterprise. It has been commonly believed that Mr. Gandhi was much more inclined to a peaceful settlement than the two Nehrus. If that be so the. -Nehrus hive entirely defeated Mr. Gandhi.
