'A resolution to the above effect pledged the Liberals of India to participate in the contemplated round-table conference and strong-urged that it should be held as early as possible in 1980 and that the progressive clement in India should have: a preponderant representation on it, Tejbahadur Sapru went on to entreat his fellow-countrymen not tovroject the offer of the round-table conference because the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy had not promised Dominion status. He said it was unthinkable that if there were some agreement among Indians them= selves their demand would be rejected by any government, much Jess a Labour Government. What Indian Liberals wanted was a constitution, giving Dominion status automatically without—periodical inquiries. He urged that the youndstable "conference should be cent.
'A' procession was subsequently held through the city headed by the President on an elephant.
'A serious collision between the police and the Indian volunteers charged by the All-India Congress for the maintenance of order was only narrowly averted by the per sonal intervention of Mr. Gandhi.
Two volunteers assaulted two C.LD. plain-clothes inspectors _who, the volunteers alleged, had inter: fered with women. A police detachment arrived at the camp and demanded the surrender of the two volunteers, but their colleagues prepared to resist and a conflict seemed inevitable when Mr. Gandhi advised the surrender of the volunteers, which the Congress officials enforced. The police then withdrew and quiet was restored.
The Subjects Committee of the All-India Congress to-day, by 114 votes to 113, defeated Mr. Kelkar's amendment to Mr. Gandhi's resolu tion, deleting appreciation of Viceroy's offer of a round-table conference.
The opposition Is trying to reverse the decision at the open Congress—Reuter.
"Prederick Sykes Go Back"
Ahmedabad, Dee. 80.
The Youth Independence League demonstrated outside the railway station here on the arrival of Sir Frederick Sykes, the Governor of Bombay, waving black flags and shouting Sykes go The Governor subsequently received addresses of welcome from the municipality, the District Local tion—Reuter, 2 Board and the Mill-owners Associ
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