British Government Not Bringing Pressure London, Dec. 16.
The Under Secretary for India, Lt.- Col Muirhead, stated in the House of Commons today that in India the paramount power would not obstruct the proposals for constitutional advance initiated by the rulers of Indian states, His Majesty's Government, however, he said, had no intention of bringing any form of pressure to bear upon them to initiate constitutional changes.
It rested with the rulers themselves to decide what form of Government they should adopt in the diverse conditions of the Indian States.
The obligations of the paramount power to the States extended to protecting the rulers against violence and disorder and to advising and assisting the rulers in remedying such legitimate grievances of their subjects as might be found to exist—Wireless through Reuter.
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