Finally, on April 26th last the Secretary to the Treasury
stated that every endeavour would be made by the Govern- ment of India and the Government at home " to remove any sort or kind of obstacle which may be found to lie within our power to the carrying out of the pledges which have been given before this House," and " that wherever elections are found possible they shall be conducted on the basis of separate representation of the Mohammedan com- munity." Yet in defiance of these assurances, the Viceroy's telegram distinctly, ,maintains the principle of supplementary elections by mixed electorates, and .declares that voting on separate registers through all stages would be impracticable.
A further set of resolutions which reached us on Thursday maintain that the assurance which elicited the gratitude of the League on February 4th is not identical with the proposals now put forward. We can only say that, in default Of more satisfactory explanations than have yet been given, the com- plaint of the All-India Moslem League is not only legitimate but una.nswerable. '
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