Lahore, Mar. 25.
Scenes of enthusiasm marked the conclusion of the session of the All India Muslim League.
Mr. M. A. Jinnah, the President of the League, said that the session had proved to be a landmark in the history of India. They had defined the goal and would fight for it, he declared.
Before the session ended, the League unanimously adopted the resolution, previously passed by the Subjects' Committee of the League, reiterating the view. that federation, as envisaged in the last Government of India Act, was totally unsuited for India, and unworkable.
No constitution would be acceptable to Muslims, the resolution added, unless it was designed on the basic principle that provinces in which "Muslims were in the majority should be grouped into independent states, with effective mandatory safeguards for minorities.
The resolution authorized the Working Committee to frame a scheme of constitution in accordance with these principles, and also providing that the proposed respective regions should have all powers, such as defence, external affairs, munications, customs, etc.—Reuter. what he deemed to be failure to carry out wholeheartedly the desire of the American people to stay out of war.
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