Let us summarize briefly Volume II. It recommencli; that the
Provinces should have Ministries responsible in all matters (including Law and Order) to the Legisla- tures, although the Governors would have over-riding powers for great emergencies ; that a Federal Assembly should replace the present Central Legislative Assembly ; that the present Council of State should be retained ; that a Central Government with undivided responsi.1 bility should be capable of supporting the Provinces in case of need ; that the defence of India should remain an Imperial obligation while the Indianiza- tion of the Army was being pressed steadily - forward ; that a Consultative Council of Greater India consisting of, say, thirty members, of whom ten would represent the States, should inaugurate the process which may one day lead to Indian Federation ; that the Security Services (the Indian Civil Service and the police), recruited by the Secretary of State, should be maintained as all-India services ; and that the High Courts should be centralized. * * *
