Protracted Discussions: Firmness Demanded Calcutta, Aug. 22.
The European community on] August 20 forsook its normal poli-teal. apathy and packed the New Empire Theatre to discuss two conflicting resolutions.
The first resolution, advocating the "repeal of the Government of India Aet of 1919 and a reversion to a. modified form of the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909, had considerable support.
The second was an official resolution generally approving the Simon Report The speeches made revealed a sharp division of opinion show of hand apparently rejected the second resolution, but the theatre was refired for a performance and there was mo time to take a count.
The meeting, therefore adjourned GIN August 22 when by an over whelming" majority, it" passed a eselution stating that, "in the opinion of this meeting it is essential that seditious propaganda and unconstitutional agitation should dealt with firmly, once and for all, Meanwhile measures in regard to political advancement. should. be postponed."
The meeting approved the recom mendations of the Simon Commission, "subject to such modifications, where necessary, as will better censure a strong government, justice to all sections of the community, the preservation of personal rights, and complete equality. in' their tr status between British and I subjects of the Crown in Indi 'The Calcutta' Branch of the Baropean Association, although numerically the most. important, is by no means, as a rule, representative of European opinion gen In fact, on more than one occasion it has shown itself plainly out tough with advanced thought in the community to. which it' belongs. This has, in tact, resulted "in 9 jon to hold the annual meetings of the Association at different centres, in order to bring Calcutta Views into proper focus.
One of the features of the recent situation in India has been—the overwhelming " support of Lord Irwin by the European Associ tion and the community for which stands, "The. vigorous. branch at Bombay, Madras, Cawnpore Lahore have consistently adopted 2 broad policy, which has brought them Into closer accord with I dian opinion than The Bengal Legislative Council to-day passed the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Bill, empowering the executive to arrest and to detain [prisoners without trial.
Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose has been elected Mayor of Calcutta, defeating the Moslem candidate.
may be recalled that the Imeeting of the Calcutta Corporation. to elect a Mayor had twice to be abandoned owing to a mob invading the Council Chamber. Later it was Mr. Sen Gupta, one of the candidates for office, had [agreed to retire from the contest Moslem candidate was put fo
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