Asquith, amid cheers, communicated the text of the King's announcement at the Delhi Durbar.
Mr. Bonar Law said that he considered that the announcement contained changes of the utmost gravity in the Government of A India.
He was sure that Mr. Asquith was the first to recognize that they ought to be discussed, but he had doubts, bow whether such ¢ discus would be of public advantage because his Majesty was in India. It would be very undesirable that there should be any discussion that even seemed to criticize His Majesty's personal act.
Mr. Asquith agreed as to the necessity of a discussion, bat said that it would be undesirable until members bad been given an ample opportunity of reading the document and of considering all the arguments it contained, and parti-calorly while His Majesty was absent.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.