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the Government. But what did surprise them was the
decision of the Indian Liberals to boycott the Commission.
It was not the violation of the principle of self-determination
which offended them but the exclusion of Indians from the
All-White Commission. In the face of this non-co-operation
on the part of the British Government, how could the Liberals
maintain their pet theory of Indo-British collaboration? The
attitude of the Liberals was explained by a resolution passed
at a public meeting held at Allahabad in December, which
was presided over by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and which
considered 'the exclusion of Indians a deliberate insult to the
people of India, as not only does it definitely assign to them
a position of inferiority, but what is worse, it denies them the
right to participate in the determination of the Constitution
of their own country.' The tenth session of the Liberal
Federation held at Bombay the same year and presided over
by the same gentleman, decided to reject the Simon' Com-
mission.
Following the Unity Conference in November, the All-India
Moslem League met in Calcutta in December. The League
passed a resolution recommending Hindu-Moslem unity on
the lines laid down by the Unity Conference. It also urged
the boycott of the Simon Commission and accepted the
principle of joint electorates with reservation of seats for
Moslems. This decision was a triumph for the Nationalist
Moslems and it was possible only because such prominent
Moslems as Mr. M. A. Jinnah and the Ali brothers partici-
pated in the conference and advocated the Nationalist point
of view. The same month the All-India Trade Union
Congress met at Cawnpore and it witnessed for the first time
a compact body of Communists who stood for an independent
Socialist Republic and for a definite break with the British
Trades Union Congress and the International Federation of
Trade Unions in Amsterdam. Towards the end of December,
the annual session of the Indian National Congress was held
at Madras and was presided over by Dr. M. A. Ansari, the
Nationalist Moslem leader of Delhi. The Madras Congress
is memorable for two reasons. A resolution was of course
passed boycotting the Simon Commission 'at every stage