Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-15
Action 10 Give India
Self Government Now,
Proposed by Grips
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 14.-In thu
wake of the failure of the Simls
Conference, Sir Stafford Grips
proposed tonight that immedi-
ate steps be taken to give India
self-government under a conSti-
tuition.
Sir Stafford, who carried an un-
successful plan for postwar domin-
ion status to India in 1912, urged
that elections be held for new In
dian constituent assembly which
would draw up the constitution. He
said:
I'VE should, I believe, decide to
skip the temporary readjustment of
the central Qndian) government
which has become impossible owing
to the views and fears of the Mos
lem League and go straight ahead
with the permanent solution"
Earlier, the India ONCE had an
nounced that Viceroy Lord Wavell
had terminated the Sinla confer
erence, which was called in an
effort to organize an interim In
dian government with greater In
dian representation, after Indian
leaders had failed to reach "a requi-
site measure of agreement"
Leaders Thanked.
In a statement issued at Simla
the viceroy thanked the Indian
leaders for the help they had given
him, said that the responsibility for
the failure of the conference was
his and asked them to exercise the
greatest possible restraint"
The conference became deadlocked
on the issue of representation on
the Viceroy's proposed provisional
executive council Mahomed Ali jim
nah, head of the Moslem League,
maintained that only the League
could speak for midas MoSlem pop
ulation.
The Congress Party, of which Mo-
hondas K. Ghandi is the spiritual
head, insisted on naming certain of
its Moslem members to posts on the
council.
Sir Stafford conceded that under
his self-government proposal the
question of the formation of sepa-
rate Moslem state (PakiStan) must
form a major issue" He added that
1t was to be hoped that some COM
promise solution of the Pakistan
issue" could be arrived at in the
constituent assembly he suggested
In its announcement the India
Office said the British Government
regretted the failure of the Simla
Conference and declared that Lord
Wavell had most patiently and as
siduously endeavored to bring the
parties together"
Conference Reviewed.
Lord Wavell in reviewing the con-
ference said he had asked the Indian
political parties to submit lists of
prospective members of the new ex-
ecutive council. He received lists, he
added, from all the parties repre-
Sented at the conference except the
Moslem League.
Il therefore made my provisional
selections" Lord Wavell said, in
GLIDING certain Moslem League
names, and I have every reason to
believe that if these selections had
been accepted here lin Sinla) they
would have been acceptable to His
Majesty's Government.
When explained my solution to
Mr.. Jinnah he told me it was not
acceptable to the Moslem League,
and he was so decided I felt it
would be useless to continue discus
Sions."
Declaring that the main idea I'M
DERIVING the conference was his, Lord
Wsvell said: IF it had succeeded.
Its success would have been at
tributed to me, and I cannot place
the blame for It's failure upon any
of the parties"
He said. he proposed to take
little time to consider in what way
he now could best help India.