The Chamber of Princes has*openecl its session in the Parliament -
Building in NeW Delhi, and declared the British. connexion. to be - the esSential_ condition of any readjustments in _India. The relatiOns of the princes, who ride more than a third of the territory of India, with Great Britain are being cOns.idered by the Committee over which Sir HarCourt Butler presides,' Many of our readers must -have heard -something of the case which they hope to present_ to,the Simon Com- mission, for when the Committee sat in London last autumn,: the Princes, with: able British advice, did much to interest the public here in their past and future. Their moderation and dignity made considerable impression. Whatever the results may be, we can be sure that the Princes regard with disfavour the growing -contempt for law and order in India, of which the riots in Calcutta in 1926 and the present disorders in Bombay are symptoms. We must not forget at home in our honest desire to give India a measure of democracy that would appeal to our selves that the views • of _Indians themselves, whether of high or mean estate, may be poles apart from ours. To the. Parliamentary -Commission - this is, of course, elementary.
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