Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's dew loration at the close of the Indian Round-Table- conference in London is regarded here as greatly alter ing the situation and entailing" re-examination of the question 06 political prisoners, Indian legislators express. the that a decisive result can lonly be obtained by the release of Gandhi and a dozen other Congress leaders to enable them to conte They hold that the question of a general amnesty can te considered later.
Jan, 2 The Moslem members of the gitlative Assembly have issued.
statement expressing gratitude the speech made by the Prem Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, at the feonclusion of the Indian Round Table Conference, and appealing to the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, to pardon political prisoners in' order te jereate a good atmosphere for further ce-operation.
The Viceroy, Lord Irwin, has ors dered the unconditional release of Gandhi and other members of thd Congress Working Committee and has also cancelled the decree scribing the Committee.
Lord Irwin stated that he ordered the releases to enable the Congress to discuss dispassionately the Bute ish Premier's statement at the Jelose of the Indian Ioundstabla Conference, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald then said that if civil quiet were proclaimed the Government would certainly nob be backward in responding to the plea, which so many of his collea ques endorsed, that there should be amnesty for political prisoners, Gandhi was arrested on May last year upon the eve of the beginning of the mass civil disobedience feampaign in India.—Reuter,
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