Sir John Simon and India That Sir John Simon should
have been able, in a speech made on March 20th, to describe himself as a spectator of Indian affairs during the last ten months throws a curious light on a Government whose chief concern has been with the destiny of India. When the echoes of the Simon Report are evoked at every step, it seems strange that no advice has officially been sought from the man whose name it bears. The neglect of such a fund of knowledge and experience is unaccountable. This is no time for waste. Another speaker on India last week—Mr. Amery—attacked Mr. Winston Churchill for exploiting his own attitude on India to cover his severance, on issues nearer home, from the main body of the Conservative Party and its leader. Mr. Amery's vehemence was in the main justified. It is time Mr. Churchill learnt to gauge the possible repercussions of the highly explosive material which he chooses to let off among the fireworks of party politics.
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