In the last resort, therefore, Indians cannot help to frame
the decision. They can help enormously, however, in the work of the Commission. The Maharajah of Burdwan says that Indians must be appointed to the Commission itself. The objection to that is that the interests of India are virtually international in range—. so various are the races and creeds. The Commission must not be an unmanageable body. The Times suggests that the Commission should be a Parliamentary one in the ordinary sense, should tour India, should consult as many Indian interests as • possible and so report to Parliament. As to the methods of inquiry the Times points out the -great value of the Geneva practice of letting open and general discussions precipitate specific agreed principles, which are picked out and committed to a formula by the rapporteur. A 'cotnpetent rapporteur would see to it that Indians would be able to express their opinions as freely as they could possibly desire. We should like to know more about the Government's intentions. Why does Lord Birkenhead speak upon almost every subject rather than upon India ?
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