* * * * Lord Irwin in India
The Indian Govenunent has steadily continued • to suppress Congress demonstrations, which are now illegal, and there is reason to suppose that its firmness in maintaining order is having a good effect. Indian opinion has been steadied by Lord Irwin's condemnation of the Congress. No one , can question the ex-Vieeroy's sympathy with Indian aspirations. But he has made , it perfectly clear that in his view "the responsibility for the recent rupture lies with the Congress party,.. and that their decision was both unnecessary and unjustified." Lord Irwin's assertion that Mr. Gandhi had been overborne by his own extreme followers has not been contradicted. Nor can it now be said. that Lord Willingdon and Sir Samuel Hoare have changed the course which Lord Irwin set while he was at Delhi. The Congress agitators are now striving to stir up Moslem ill-will, especially in Kashmir, where the Moslem popnlace have grievances against the Hindu ruler, - MetinWhile.
the British Committees have begith work at Delhi and the work f constitution-building is to go steadily forward.
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