Scope to be Extended to Relations with Indian States London, Oct. 31.
The fact that the scope of the linon Commission's inquiry will be widened to include the relations between British India and the Indiaa States is revealed in correspondence between Sir John Simon, chairman of the Commission, and the Prem-for, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, now published.
Sic John Simon suggested the widening of those relations. He pointed out that this would involve an alteration in the procedure after the issue of the Simon report and suggested that the should meet representatives of both British India and the Indian States in order to secure the greatest possible measure of agreement, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, after consulting the leaders of the Conservative and Liberal Parties, approved the suggestions.—Reuter,
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