§ 6. Mr. SCURRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has received proposals from any of the ruling- princes of India with reference to the treaties governing the relations between His Majesty's Government and the Indian States; and whether it is proposed to convene a conference between the Government of India and the ruling princes, with a view to the systematising of such treaties in the light of modern requirements?
§ Earl WINTERTONAny such proposals would be addressed to the Government of India. I am not aware that, apart from some general discussion, there have been any proposals recently, or that the Government of India contemplate the action suggested in the second part of the question.