The Archive · 1924

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Resolute Attitude of British Cabinet Towards Swaraj and the Agitator London, July 31.

A clear statement of the Governnent's policy in India was made by' Viscount Chelmsford, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in the House of Lords to-day.

He read Mr. Mac-Donald's message to the "Hindu"

January last to the effect that party in Great Britain will be cowed by threats, or force, or policies [designed to bring the Government ito a standstill, and if any Indian sections imagine otherwise, events will sadly disappoint them, Lord Chelmsford said this embodiment of the present and declared that full discretion would be left to the Government of India to enforce law. The British Government would "support the Government of India in any action, [they felt it necessary to take to quell revolutionary—movement—

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