Sir John Simon came out of the! ordeal absolutely sunburnt. The temper and manner of the speech he delivered in the, House of Commons.on behalf of the Statutory Commission was admirable and it has completely removed all fears about the threatened split in that body.
it John took a firm stand and rightly said that he and his col-Jeagues did not require either any apology from those who were re championship from others showed so much concern at finding tthe Commission not consulted before the Viceroy's announcement was decided upon.
Others who thought that a great slight had been shown to the Commission and made this the peg on which to hang their attack against the British Government and the Government of India, must have felt greatly embarrassed when Sir John Simon declared that "whether inthe opinion of this man or that the Commission ought ta have been consulted, we do not feel that our position is such as to require either heated championship or abject Tue Bishop of Victoria, Hong: kong on December 1, in St. Andre\ Church, Kowloon Reverend Edward Allworthy Arm-trong, B.A. Queen's College, Belfast to be Assistant Chaplain at St. Andrew's Church, Mr. Armstrong was formerly Senior Curate at Doncaster Parish Church and recently Curate at St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich and in Charge of St Edmnud's Mission Church, Ipswich.
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