Modern Review September 1942

of the war but will bring all subject and oppremed humanity on the side of the 1 ailed Nations and give thwe nations whose Ally India would be the moral and spiritual leadership of the world." "The peril of today therefore necessitates the idependence of India and the entung of British domintions. [...] duce the needed psychological effect on the mind of the InumeN Only the glow of freedom now can release that rarmy and enthusiasm of millions of people which will immediately transform the nature of the war." The Committee 1 anxious not to embarrass in any way the defence of China or Ruse's. [...] Gandhiji and some of the o er Congress leaders had explained even bf re the ratification of the Congress Working ommittee's resolution that the withdrawal of tie British power demanded by the Congress d d not mean the withdrawal from India of the ritish and Allied troops—it was intended that t ey were to continue to stay in India for the d fence of the country. [...] C. C. members hold these views it seems to us nevertheless that as the object of the All-India Congress Committee is to gain the sovereign power in India for the whole people of India " and as the form of the future goverment of India is to be determined by a constituent assembly containing representatives of the principal parties and groups in the country it. [...] British Lady's Appeal to Britishers in India to Support Congress Demand Miss Marjorie Sykes Professor of English Women's Christian College Madras writes : The ?titmic of the British community in India on the arrest of Congrem leaders and the arrangements for the control of the press may give the impression that the measures adopted by the Government of India meet with unnnimous approval among u