Brief Exposition of the Proposed Reforms: British Universities Club Lecture 1 Under the presidency of Mr. W. S. King, the British Universities and Schools Luncheon Club, at the Me-topple Hotel on Tuesday (Jan. 15). heard a brief talk by Mr. Edwin Ha-ward on the new Indian Constitution. Among those present was Sir Victor Sassoon, who formerly satin the Indian Legislative Assembly.
Mr.' King, before introducing the speaker, expressed the thanks of the British members of the club to the [Chinese members for the very charming entertainment which they had given at the International Recreation Club last month. The mo-was heartily applauded.
Introducing Mr. Hawand, Mr, King referred to his long residence in Nindia and to his close association, first as a journalist, and then at oficial, with the Simon Commis ston, both' in India and London.
Mr. Howard took it for granted that Brith Polley Since 1833 his audience realized that the new Constitution in India was not a 200 to sedition or a device conceived to placate Mr. Gandhi. Tt was a logical working out of British policy from 1833 onwards. By the Act of 1638 the East India Company's monopoly mn China was abolished and by the same Act the foundations of Indians' association with the government. of their country were laid. In the debate in the House of Commons on that India Act, Lord Macaulay made special reference to his view of the future of the Indian Empire, He foresaw a time when Indians, as 4 result of instruction in European knowledge, would demand European, Institutions, It was therefore anteresting to remember that 90 long as a hundred years ago a Scotsman could foresee the new Constitution which was being put forward by the British Government to-day,
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