New Britain herald., 1930-06-10
REPORT ON INDIAN
 SITUATION ISSUED
First Volume Of Commissions
 Record ArOuSeS Interest

London, June 10 LP) - Great Brit aims problem in India was before the empire today in as complete a statement and as exhaustive a form as it has ever been presented; for the recommendations of the investi- gators for a solution of the problem it will be necessary to wait, however, until June A.
 On that day the commission on Indian statutory reform headed by Sir John Simon will publish the sec ond volume of the report of their two and one half years inquiry in 10 India affairs. The first volume Of the report. dealing with the situation in India, is that made public today
 There was perhaps, in the final paragraph of today's offering, promise of what the second volume of recommendations contain. The commissioners. concluding, de- clared. The British people, so long accustomed 10 elf-government, are bound to sympathize with this movement Gndian nationalism).
 Pledged to Help Nation
 eve are pledged 10 help India along her way. and constructive ef- fort is needed, X X X In our view the most formidable Of the evils from which India is suffering have their roots iii social and economic | customs of long standing, which can only be remedied by the action of peoples themselves. They are much less likely to be remeded if the blame for their continuance can he put however reasonably on oth- { CTS.
 We desire 10 see the forces Of | public opinion which exist in India ! concentrated and strengthened for the practical work Of reform. It is | only when the difficulties Of con- structive policy are really faced. that the inadequacy Of general 1 phrases began 10 he realizad.'
 First Volume Long
 The first volume Of the report is an exhaustive compendium of facts, ranging from discussion Of popula- l ton. racial, and religious factors, 10 treatment of possibilities Of "dyar- chy," which is the name given to the forms under which the British rule while allowing as great a degree Of . self f-government as is possible.
 The report brings out that India has about 32o. .Gno. .0o0 population in | a territory not 24 times as large as 1 Great Britain. That there are 222 I Vernaculars spoken and that not . l 50o,o0o persons are litorate in Eng fish, which is the nearest to being an empire wide language. Implac- able enmity Of Hindus. in the major ity of India. and Of Iohamme edans 6 big minority is treated at length. The Christians, with 4,500,oa0 con- verrs, are credited with being the third largest sect.
 The country is described as being . predominan'Iy agricultural although its industries have been 90 en- hanced as 10 make it one Of the eight large industrial areas in the world. The population is overWhclm- lngly rural untouched by politics and such movements as natonalism; many even Of those who live in the cities do so only in the periods Of slack work on rhe farms
 Third In states
 r is brought out that Of the to- tal of l50ooQo square miles ln In d.a approximately 7oo,o0o square miles. or more than one-thIrd Of the whole, lie in the independent Indian states. which. while recognizing British suzerainty, are essentially sovereign principalities- II IS stated empnaticaIly that no future scheme for India can fail to take these na- tive states and existing agreements with them into full account.
 The report comments, with refer ence to the dyarchial system, on the lrfreqency with which f has been necessary for the British govern ments 10 certify or veto legislation, and declared that the Indian legis- lative assemblies have had 2 pro- found influence upon acts of the governor general and governors Of the provinces.
 Special attention was given by the commissioners 10 the northwest frontier province. which has been the scene during the past few weeks of incursions ly neighhorine tribes men. who have been told that the British authority no longer exists The system by which the army ln India is recruited among native and built around d British nucleus also Is discussed in detail.
 Education Covered
 The final chapters of the report are devoted 10 education-Uhlch. i is said mus be given further i'm petus-and 10 development of pub. lie opinion indian political though finds it tempting 10 foreshorten his tory. and IS unwilling to wait for tho final stage Of a prolonged evolution if is said ir one place, Tit is lmpatlen Of the doctrines of Gradualness.
 The commission headed by Sl1 John Simon. vas made up as fol lows. Niscount Burnham, Lort Stratchona. C. c Cadogan. M. P Vernon Hartshorn. Colonel C. I, Lane Fox, and Major C, R. Atlee all members at parliament IL va authorized in the government Of In dia act Of l9l9 and made two trip 10 India, travelirg over BLOOD miles
 While in India the all India na tional congross-the Gandhi organI zation-and other nationalist organ izations boycotted 1t. and consider able criticism vas directed towar' it because t contained no natir' members. The commissioners wer' unanimous in their findings ant stressed that every opportunity Wa taken to avail themselves of nativ' opinion on every phase of the Indi an problem,
 Their report makes 1t clear in ii