The Archive · 1931

Conservative Resignations

London, Apr. 1.

Upon completing the most dificult task "of securing the support of Lord Beaverbrook for the regular Conservative Party orga tion headed by Mx. Stanley Baldwi Neville Chamberlain to-day resigned las the chairman of the Conservative [bY servative Party' Organization Lord Stonehaven, former Governor. General of Press, London, Apr. 3.

As the sequel to an announcement that Mr. Neville Chamberlain would! succeed Mr, Winston Churchill as} [chairman of the Finance Commitice the Conservative Party, Mr. Churchill has sent a letter to Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the Party, resigning the ch manship of the committee.

'The former Chancellor of the' Exchequer says he read in the newspaper that Mr. Baldwin wished Mr. Neville Chamberlain to conduct the opposition to the Finance Bill instead of hi him, matter of purely private courtesy", declares, "I should have expected a letter from, you to this effect."

Mr. Churchill adds thet he does! not make the slightest complaint: on, the contrary, he asserts, it is natural that the opposition to. the Badget should be in charge of one [who is in Mr. Baldwin's inner coun-now that the indian situation preexeupies my mind, 1 glad to be relieved of a mass of most laborious; business and detail,"—Reuter, that a, Congress Party, Press.

Karachi, Apr. 1-

A storm of noisy enthusiasm xesounded throughout the town at midnight, denoting the termination fof the All-India Congress, whose final act was the unanimotis adoption of a resolution consisting of Jan. elaboration of Mr. Gandhi's {famous eleven points, which form

Stearaj" (complete independence an (oficial mention of "Purna fand demand that the Indian native [government be endowed with fous fundamental rights.

Tt lays down a catalogue of detailed provisions, including abolition lof the salt duty; control of exchange jand currency policy; and control lover military expenditure.

The reduction of expenditure by Jat least a half and fixation of the wage of industrial workers, were also included in the provision, as were the protection of Indian cloth lby the excl "Under Swaraj, indi, "even the' Viceroy will not paid more than 00 rupees a month." The foregoing, he add represented the demands to be made the Congress at the resumed Round-Table Conference.

The total prohibition of liquor and the limitation of salaries of State servants ¢0 £450 a year were agreed, in, principle, as fundamental conditions under a Swaraj Government the Subjects Committee of the [All-India Congress to-day.

These resolutions were adopted on ithe proposal of Mr. Gandhi.

Resolutions advocating the exclusion of foreign cloth and yarn, jan income tax on agricultural Jcome and an inheritance tax were also adopted—Reuter.

Karachi, Apr. 1.

In the closing hours of the Congress deep tribute was paid to Lord irwin, to Mr. Gandhi and to others lby Mir. Vallabhai Patel, the Presi leres. dent of the All-India National Con-

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu and others hoined Mr. Patel in the speeches of congratulation and then there were Jsome impressive minutes [voices of nestly 90,000 peo led im Singing the national anthem, "Hail Mothertand"

The temper of the Congress was strikingly evident last might, when Precident of the Congress, nat only resident gress, not pve, the gumpert of her ina ence to Gandhi and his policy of "puma Governments of England and Indi were warned that the -spinclesy handling of the situation by "con tinued pandering" to the Congress would mean the complete ruin of India, A resolution was also passed do-manding separate electorates and 384 per cent. representation in the Federal Legislatur The mover of the resolution declared that the delegation of the Indian States tothe Round-Yable conference had conspired to join ithe Federation in order to ''dnan" Moslem India, whose only wafer was to have some provinces where Moslems could live in peace und They could not tolerate, he said, the army being in charge of a Hindu.

Jzress won power by fighting the Central Government. "Of the Con British, the Moslems would sight the Congress.—Reuter,

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