Dealing with the situation in the West Indies, Mr. MacDonald foreshadowed the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into social and economic conditions there, The terms of reference and constitution of the Commission, Mr. MacDonald added, would require careful consideration.
The recent disturbances, Mr. Mac-Donald declared, were not the result of a "passing whim," nor were they surface movements without roots, They expressed, he said, a sense of unrest which' was fairly widespread, and "arises from feelings which we must respect." Except for; a small minority, the demonstrators were not moved by anti-British feeling, he went on.
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