News of the Week
ON Saturday the Legislative Assembly at Delhi rejected by sixty-eight votes to sixty-two co-oper- ation with Sir John Simon's Commission. Neither the somewhat threatening speech of the Secretary of State for India here last week, nor the generous steps taken by Sir John in India to • prove the Commission's good will and desire to share the inquiry with Indians has availed to bring the majority of political leaders to reason. We must remember the minority, which was very little smaller in the Assembly than the majority. It will grow and there is plenty of time for patience to gather good fruits. On Monday the Commission had a very satisfactory reception in Calcutta. At Delhi, on Wednesday, the Council of State passed a resolution in favour of co- operation. The leader of the Opposition here sent last week a very proper message to Mr. Hartshorn which should put a stop to any false ideas that the Labour Party might support the Indian boycott of the Commission.
