द इण्डियन स्ट्रगल / भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम (नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण)

222 THE INDIAN STRUGGLE
Some of the main points in the Government of India’s
Despatch were as follows:

1. The following subjects should be under the control
   of the British Parliament : defence, foreign relations,
   internal security, financial obligations, financial
   stability, protection of minorities and of the rights of
   services recruited by the Secretary of State, the pre-
   vention of unfair economic and commercial dis-
   crimination.
2. The proposal of the Statutory Commission for the
   abolition of diarchy and the introduction of responsible
   government (including the department of law and
   order) in the provinces was approved.
3. The Governor should be given the discretion to
   appoint officials as Ministers.
4. In Madras, Bombay, Punjab, Central Provinces and
   Assam, the Legislature should have a single
   chamber. In Bengal, the United Provinces and Bihar
   and Orissa there should be two chambers.
5. The separation of Burma was approved in principle.
6. The members of the Governor-General’s Executive
   Council should be appointed by the Governor-General
   himself. The Governor-General’s Cabinet while
   being of a ‘unitary’ character and not responsible
   to the Legislature, should consist of some elected
   members of the Legislature who could command
   some support from that body.
   On November 12th, 1930, the first session of the Round
   Table Conference was held in London under the Chairman-
   ship of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the Prime Minister. It
   consisted of eighty-nine, members, sixteen from the British
   parties, sixteen from the Indian States and fifty-seven from
   British India. The Congress Party was of course unrepre-
   sented. After the preliminary sittings of the Conference,
   several committees were appointed to consider the problems
   in detail. There was the Federal Structure Committee with
   Lord Sankey as Chairman, the Franchise and Services Com-
   mittee with Sir William Jowitt as Chairman, the Burma
   Committee with Earl Russell as Chairman, the Defence