First Class Political Sensation Caused by Viceroy's Statement:
The "Daily Mail" and Mr, Baldwin London, Oct. 21.
It is, generally believed that Sir John Simon docs not approve of the action of the Government in making the declaration regarding Dominion status before the issue of the report of the Statutory Cone Tt is understood that the Con—servative, as well as the Liberal Teaders, disapprove of the Govern-Jnent's action in issuing the statement at the. present tim Tt remains to be seen whether the live branch to India threat of the Nation to indulge in. mass ivil_ disobedience and proclaim in-Gependence on January 1, 1930, in the event of Dominion status not Doing granted to India this year.
Members of the Indian Central Committee, interviewed by a repres-tentative of Reuter on departing for India, expressed satisfaction at the Aatest development. tional status of India in the Empire, and, if so, whether the Commission ecneurred and whether the passage indicates a change in the policy previous governments, Captain Wedgewood Benn, the Secretary for India, replied' that the Simon Commission had not been consulted, The passage referred te was intended to set out the goal of British policy. as stated in the!
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