London, Oct. 7.
The efforts of a small committee to settle By conciliation the con~ fioting claims of Hindus, Moslems jand other communities in India, which claims have brought to a standstill the work of the Indian able conference, have ended Gandhi is the President of this committee of 20 Indian members of the Round-Table Conferencs fand he asked the conference for week in which to tackle these dai lof various communities, That week concluded to-night and at the final meeting Mr. Gandhi confessed that all their efforts had proved fruitless, Oct, 8.
'The Minorities Committee of the Indian Round-Table Conference was adjourned indefinitely to-day after speech by Mr. Ramsay MasDonald pealing to the delegates to coos standing' in the way of a sett [ment, The Prime Minister. said that the British Government would take action if, the Conference could not go to the end." "The British Government," he declared, "is determined to make such improvements in the government of India as will be consistent with our own ideals."
'The Minorities' Committee has been trying it rain to seek a 80° lution of its task, namely, to reconcile the conflicting claims of ths various communities in India to eats in the proposed: Legislature, et After a brief sitting "to-day of the Federal Structure Committee of the Indian Round-Table Conference under the chairmanship of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Sankey, it was decided to' adjourn until ' Tuesday, when it will examine the unanimous report of the finance sub-committee, This will be followed by discussions on the proposed federal court, Lord Sankey, while expressing keen disappointment that. the Minorities Committee had failed up to, now to reach a final agreement. said he was not down-hearted, for all were stil! determined that the Round-Table Conference should not fail and that the Federal Structure Committee should continue its work. As to the minorities question, ho advised that they. should now concentrate on the method by which a settlement was to be obtained rather than on what the settlement should be.
Sir Muhammad Shafi accepted the suggestion, but Mr. Gandhi urged that they should proceed at once with the work of the Federal Structure Committee.
Sir Tei Sapra said that as Lord Sankey, owing to an official engagement on Monday, would be unable to attend the meeting on Monday, adjournment until Tuesday was.
Sir Zafrullah Khan also support:
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