The resolutions were adroitly written. Whoever reads between the lines
can see that nothing is said which cannot be unsaid. It seems that Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and a few other leading extremists strongly opposed the resolutions, because they desired something more defiant. On Monday, the Committee announced that Sardar Vallabhai Patel had been appointed President of the forthcoming session of the Congress at Karachi. This, again, the Times correspondent says, is significant. Mr. Patel is a close follower of Mr. Gandhi and he is almost sure to say what Mr. Gandhi wishes. What, then, does Mr. Gandhi wish ? The general feeling is that so far as he has disparaged the Round Table Conference during the past few days he may have acted tactically. The decision to hold the next Congress as soon as possible is at least taken as a sign of a peaceful inclination. The political correspondent of the Pioneer reports that an important group in the Congress is even pressing for the acceptance of the promised Constitution. The only statement made for publication, however, was that of a well-known member of the Congress : " We have rejected nothing ; we have kept the door open."
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