The Archive · 1938

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This, stated Lord Linlithgow, was partly' due to the change in the European background and the relations of new ideologies to ideals, which remained the basis of British policy, but it was more important because províncial autonomy had worked out so well.

The experiment of provincial autonomy, declared the Viceroy, introduced over fifteen months ago with, the transfer of real powers to ministers elected by an electorate five times the size of any which had previously voted in India, proved a marked success.

No pressure to take a decision, he added, would be brought upon the Indian States by the British Government or himself.

The darkening background of 1938 and the emphasis on totalitarian ideologies, concluded Lord Linlithgow, made no difference in the attitude of the British Government towards Indian constitutional advance.—Reuter.

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