The Indian Review July 1919 A Monthly Periodical devoted to the discussion of all topics of Interest

We refer for instance to the extraordinary provision forbidding the Legilatures in India to repeal or alter any rules under the Act to the restrictions imposed on the power of the purse the powers vested in the Governor to block the progress of a Bill to the invidious provisions in regard to the salary and status of the Ministers and to the somewhat wide powers given to the GovernorGeneral [...] While the joint discussion and settlement of the budget by the entire Government will have an eductiVe effect in promoting a better understanding of the needs of all subjects by the different members of the Government and a spirit of compromise the system proposed by the Government of India will have the deplorable effect of creating a feeling of antagonism between the interests of the reserve [...] In view of the fact that the dualism of the executive is the basic principle of the Joint Report and the Bill and the difficulty of framing any scheme which will provide for real responsibility short of complete prvincial autonomy there is nothing to be gained by pointing out the defects inherent in the principle of a dual executive which are admitted by the authors of the Joint Report:thems [...] While the joint discussion and settlement of the budget by the entire government will have an eductive effect in promoting a better understanding of the needs of all subjects by the different members of the Government and a spirit of compromise the system proposed by the Government of India will have the deplorable effect of creating a feeling of antagonism between the interests of the reserve [...] In paragraph 102 of their despatch of the 5th March the Government of India suggest that in the event of the ministers not yielding to the wishes of the Goernor and the legislature supporting the ministers the Governor must be empowered to assume the control of the administration of the transferred subjects cocerned until the causes of difference disappear.