India and the Peace Conference.

IN reply to a question by Mr. K.K. Chanda enquiring whether the attention of Government had been drawn to resolutions of public bodies in India strongly urging the delegation of non-official India representatives to the Peace Conference to be nominated from a panel prepared by the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League and whether the Government proposed to consider the desirability of recommending to His Majesty’s Government the acceptance of the suggestion, the Hon’ble Sir William Vincent said:- “The Government of India do not propose to recommend to His Majesty’s Government acceptance of the suggestions contained in them.” Having regard to the strength and volume of opinion behind the proposals of the public bodies, it would clearly have been better if the Government had given a fuller reply than they chose to give or at any rate had stated some of the reasons why in their opinion the recommendation could not be accepted.