ADVANCE IN INDIA
Sra,—I am grateful to " Nemo " for his views. The writer of this letter is well aware of the Nazi menace to India and has no more sympathy for the negative policies of the Indian parties than " Nemo " has. Neither can I sympathise with those who would say, " We cannot go beyond the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935, unless and until all India comes to us with single voice and unanimous will." The transfer of the control of finance to Indian hands would not only enable India to tackle the problem of increasing the produc- tivity and improving the living standards of her vast population—a problem which will have to be faced sooner or later—but would, I venture to hope, have a sobering effect on the extreme claims of the parties and reassure Indian opinion generally.—I am, Sir, your
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