London, Jan. 2.
The newspapers during the past week have. been absorbed by the events in India and this, morning's papers devote leading articles to the happenings at Lahore and the possibilities of the future.
The "Daily Herald," the Labour Jorgan, describes complete independ-fence a§ the. goal of the All-India Congress instead, of Dominion status as being only an "academic change involving no immediate eonsequenbat it appeals to Mr. Gandhi to ce-operate with the Government. It points out that nothing can be achieved by a mere "we will not play" attitude.
"The Times" is encouraged by the attitude of the Indian Liberals and Moderates. It welcomes the prospect that "for the first time an organized force is emerging in Indian politics with a sense of realities anda determination to face them:
The Conservative organs general 1, deplore the activities of Me. Gandhi and his followers, "Daily Herald" on India Jan, 5.
"In India the Labour, Government fs steadily pursuing a path towards Dominion status and a very critical stage in that development has now been reached," says the Laboue organ, the "Daily Herald," which draws attention to the "inflamma tory, and very reprehensible langu-ago" of certain public men la Britain in connexion with, Government's Indfan policy.
The "Daily Herald" complains particularly of the recent attacks im Viscount Rothermere's journal against the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, who, it says, "stands to-day trong barrier between the pastionate extremes, which, if allowed their way. will speedily reduce India to civil war and devastation."
The "Daily Herald" than turns te the "equally dangerous attempt te destroy the newlysereated friond~ ship between Britain and Russia by making a mountain from a mol hill." This reference is made i connexion with the stir eve ated by the recent publication in London's Communist newspaper, the Daily Worker," of a message from the Presidium' of the Communist Internatiofil greeting the "Daily: Worker" as the rallying point for A fight against the "Social-Fascist Labour Government" and against capitalism, rationalization, "Coloniat brutalities," and so forth—Reuter.
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