GOAL REACHED

Not in vain were the recent excesses of the Nationalist Party in India, the riots and bloodshed, the imprisonment of Ghandi. India's desire for political freedom which has grown for over a century, is pacified. And England, as usual when a concession is inevitable, has yielded with grace. That last minute leniency which is in a large measure accountable for England's success in the handling of her colonial possessions has been timely and judiciously exercised.

As a result of the Round Table Conference a constitution for India has evolved which is more liberal than was expected in many quarters. All Indian provinces are to be self-governed and these autonomous units will at the same time be linked into a federation which is to have an executive at the center who will be responsible to a Senate and a House of Representatives.

So soon as the multitudinous details are completed the long-hoped for Constitution will become an actuality. Despite the liberality shown by the Conference England still maintains the power of intervention in case of trouble. But the basic idea of the new Constitution is to give the Indians as much freedom as possible. Whether they sink or swim depends entirely on them.