The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-01
CANDM HAS THE
 BRITISH GOVT
 MUCH WORRIED
He Was Sarcastically PO- lite as He Intimated In- dia and England Has Come to Parting of the Ways
Rx HARRY FTORY

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 London, Dec 1-(UP)-Mahatma Gandhi believed to-day that he had come to the parting of the ways with the British government.
 He paid the closest attention to the statement of the governments t's India policy at the final meeSng of the round table conference, read by Prime Minister Ramsay Mac Donald. After. jokingly compli- menting the prime minister on his industry, saying you have worked us almost to exhaustion" he added seriously:
 eff, as it seems somewhat like ly, we have come to the parting of the ways, nevertheless you de. serve my sincere vote of thanks.
 MacDonald's statement revealed no important changes in the gov- ernment policy and left the settle ment of the important minorities or communal questions to the In- dians themselves. The government, Macdonald said, still hoped for a responsible central provincial In- dian government with the neces- sary transitory safeguards"
 Gandhi said he planned to read and reread, to study and restudy, the governments statement Of policy "dotting the fs and crossing the t's,' but that his present im- precision was that be and the gov- ernment would be following differ ent paths. Hoare, secretary of state for India, looked very worried and consulted each other quietly. At the end of the conference Macdonald ap- preached Gandhi immediately and talked with him for several min- utes.
 MacDonaId's statement said that so much work remained to be done on the governments plan that three small committees would be appointed early in the next year to work in India filling in details of the scheme. After that, he indi- cated, it would be necessary for the round table conference to meet again and reconsider the entire question.
 Macdonald appealed to the In- dians to go home and settle the communal questions between them selves. If they failed, he said, the government would be forced to impose a provisional settlement, flor we are determined not to al- low this to impede our progress"
 Gandhi predicted the failure of the conference several weeks ago when he was unable to settle the complicated differences between the Hindus and Moslems.
 Some of MacDonald's earlier declarations were applauded by banging of fists on tables, but. the applause lessened during the speech and was negligible when he fin- ished.
 Gandhi sat staring blankly when Macdonald began reading his statement, which required 30 min uten. Later he turned toward Mac Donald, resting his chin on his right hand. He appeared very glum when Macdonald finished. s
 Macdonald, in his final state ment, announced that the govern ment planned to give the north west province of India new form of government under 8 separate governor, and to make the Sind separate province. The northwest province at present is handled by administrators from the central government. The Sind is an admin istrative district of the Bombay presidency.
 The government, Macdonald said, ference that provincial autonomy without central responsibility is unwise. On behalf of the govern ment, he said:
 "The government desires to re- affiffirm their belief that the all- India federation offers the only hopeful solution of India's consti- tutional problem and intend to pursue this plan unswervingly and do their utmost to surmount the difficulties which stand in the way of its realization.
 T want to keep to business and get things done."
 The king sent the following mes sage:
 q earnestly trust that the great communities of India will pursue with patience and forbearance the path of cooperation and peaceful discussioon, to which your endeav- ors have so clearly shown the way"
 "These conferences" Macdonald said "have not been failures in any sense of the term. They have en- abled us to face hard reality and build constitutional framework, the QetallS or Wnlcn remain to pc filled in"
 Gandhi, proposing the vote of thanks to Macdonald, commented:
 ''It is not given to us in this so- ciety of ours for all to agree the dignity of human nature re- quires that we must face the storms of life. Sometimes even blood brothers have got to go each his own way.'
 Replying, Macdonald said:
 T do hope, my friends, that we are going to go away determined to cooperate. There is no good go- ing an any other path. Let me as- sure von that history is full of ad-