London, Mar. 1.
In the field of administration or in the wider field of constitutional change, Britain is equally anxious for ce-operation with representa tive Indians, declared Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India, in the House of Commons to-day. laking an earnest appeal to India, he said that the emergency powers which they had been discussing did not signify the end of the policy of ce-operation.
There was no evidence of a conflict between British-Indian polities al aspirations, but they merely wanted a bulwark against anarchy, disorder and revolution, which was required as much for India's constitutional progress as for the! avoidance of strife and bloodshed.
Britain, he continued, had repeatedly "proved her readiness to: work with the Indians, provided they sincerely desired to work with liber on the basis of the policy Proved Inst December by an over-Wwhelming™ majority in the House of Patna, Mar. 1.
When a crowd of 7,000 persons armed with brickbats and I tacked the Sheohar police station to-day, the police were compelled to fire on them.
Four of the rioters were killed and eight wounded, whi New Delhi, Mar. 7.
India had a satisfactory Budget Position as the result of heavy retrenchments and conservative re-Venue estimates, said the Finance Member of the' Executive Council, Sir George Schuster, when he intro: duced the Budget in the Legislative Assembly to-day. Therefore, declared, he could confidently' say that no other country in the world had a sounder intrinsic position or brighter prospects for' economic advance.
The Estimates, he announced, showed a deficit of 10,125,000 for the current year and a surplus £1,087,000 for the next tear, but the expenditure. included provision for debt redemption to the extent of The reduction in receipts, Sir George "Schuster explained," was mainly due. tg ower Customs venue, especially from sugar, silver, Satton ploce-coeds and liquors.
Army retrenchments, he declared, amounted to over £3,250,000, Rail: way capital expenditure would. be reduced next year, he added, toa little over' 3,000,500" as compared with seven times that amount three years ago, There would be no new borrow: ing, "he "asserted, except to pay maturing loans.
The Finance, Member defended the Government's policy in regard exporting gold and currency ex-von which, be said, had streng-at" exchange "and" fu proved
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