HC Deb 23 February 1921 vol 138 cc955-6W
Sir J. D. REES

asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Non-Brahmin Federation of Madras Presidency passed a resolution last month condemning the non-co-operation scheme of Mr. Gandhi and the Indian National Congress as calculated to subvert all constitutional agitation and to bring the country to chaos and anarchy, and calling on all patriotic Indians to oppose it; and whether six associations, representing the depressed classes in the Bombay presidency, have addressed the hon. Members for Newcastle - under - Lyme (Colonel Wedgwood) and Bishop Auckland (Mr. Spoor), travelling in India, urging that non-co-operation aims at the destruction of constituted authority and the withdrawal of British rule, to which the progress of the lower classes is entirely due?

Mr. MONTAGU

Yes, Sir. I understand that the facts are as stated.