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...interviewed Moslem League President Mohammed AH Jinnah, felt that the results of their conversation should be reported to the Congress party's imprisoned Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Last week C. R., in white robes and sandals, his sunglasses on his aquiline nose, called on the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, and asked permission to see Gandhi. The tall, cool Viceroy refused...
These sound humanitarian grounds are not likely to satisfy India's Moslems. In 1939 the Marquess of Linlithgow, India's Viceroy, announced that because every ship was needed for World War II, hajis would have to wait for peace to make their pilgrimage (usual season: November through January). Moslems were indignant. Berlin made fast & furious propaganda throughout the East, and the Viceroy had to yield. Though the war has kited shipping costs, India subsidized shipowners to continue the pilgrimage at prewar fares through last season. This time, the Viceroy is already coping with so much Indian unrest that...
...Russia, should be inclined to forget India, or merely hope for the best. But the New Statesman's voice of conscience demanded a break in the deadlock "at any cost to our Imperial pride." Steps proposed: 1) request the mediation of President Roosevelt; 2) replace Indian Viceroy Lord Linlithgow; 3) guarantee post-war Indian independence "in the name of the United Nations"; 4) issue a Government White Paper on "the real extent of the damage and trouble in India"; 5) consider the Indian situation "as the most urgent problem" when the House of Commons reconvenes...
...moves that meant total war against the Congress party, with the backing of the Viceroy, the 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and the Home Government, the Council: 1) ordered strict control of the national press; 2) gave provincial authorities power over local governments; 3) announced that shops closing their doors as a part of a general strike would be immediately taken over by the Government. When the hour came the British operated with extraordinary efficiency...
...lunch, he interviewed Indian leaders from midmorning until 8 p.m. He met them on the porch, led them through the large-pillared hall to his study, offered them cigarets and then got down to business. After dinner and more staff talks, he called on the Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow...