India (nation)
Found in 7965 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 04 Sep 1933
(Untitled), 22 Sep 1933
Letter from [WSC] to W Lints Smith asserting that the letter of 4th Lord Salisbury [protesting about the speech by the Viceroy, 1st Lord Willingdon, in support of the Government's White Paper on India] was not given sufficient prominence when published in the Times. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 22 Sep 1933
Letter from Sir Henry Page Croft (Knole, Bournemouth, [Hampshire]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/194/7-8 and making suggestions about their publication and noting that WSC does not wish to take the lead in opposing Government policy on India at the forthcoming Conservative Party conference.
(Untitled), [Sep] [1933]
Amendment on Indian policy by Sir Henry Page Croft to a proposed Conservative Party conference resolution expressing confidence in the National Government and implicitly criticising those Conservatives who oppose its Indian policy. Sent with CHAR 2/194/6.
(Untitled), 24 Sep 1933
Letter from [WSC] to [Lord Wolmer, later 3rd Lord Selborne] suggesting amendments to the proposed resolution [at the Conservative Party Conference] against the Government's Indian policy. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 28 Sep [1933]
Letter from Sir Michael O'Dwyer (Sunny Bank, Thurleston, Devon) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/194/15-17.
(Untitled), [Sep] [1933]
Summary of an alternative to the Government's White Paper on India by Sir Michael O'Dwyer. Sent with CHAR 2/194/14.
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] stating that although he will vote for Lloyd's resolution [on India] at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham he hopes that he will not have to speak on any of the resolutions. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 30 Sep 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Sir Michael O'Dwyer approving his alternative to the Government's White Paper on India [see CHAR 2/194/15-17] but suggesting that a shorter and less detailed statement of their position on India's constitutional future would be more appropriate at this juncture. Asserts that their opponents are going to retreat on Indian policy. Carbon typescript policy.
(Untitled), 30 Sep 1933
Letter from [WSC] to 2nd Lord Linlithgow indicating his willingness to appear before the Joint Select Committee on India chaired by Linlithgow. Carbon typescript policy.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1933
Letter from N V L Rybot (Warwick House, First Tower, Jersey, [Channel Islands]) to [WSC] enclosing CHAR 2/194/22 and CHAR 2/194/23 and hoping that it will serve as ammunition "in your battle against babu-dom.".
(Untitled), c 1933
Cartoon by N V L Rybot featuring Mahatma Gandhi sitting on a mock coat of arms supported by James Ramsay Macdonald and Stanley Baldwin [alter Lord Baldwin] with the motto: "England ejects every man who's tied to Gundi's dhoti." Sent with CHAR 2/194/21.
(Untitled), c 1933
Mock heraldic description by N V L Rybot of his cartoon satirising Mahatma Gandhi, James Ramsay Macdonald and Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] [see CHAR 2/194/22]. Sent with CHAR 2/194/21.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1933
Letter from [WSC] to 2nd Lord Linlithgow promising to provide a brief memorandum of the tenor of his evidence if he is invited to appear before [the Joint Statutory Committee on India]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 04 Oct 1933
Letter from 2nd Lord Linlithgow (29 Chesham Place, [London]) to WSC arguing that any suggestion that WSC had declined to give evidence to the Joint Select Committee on India would be absurd and asking whether WSC wishes the Committee to be told that he [WSC] has applied to give evidence to it.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1933]
Appeal from Mrs L F Rhind [wife of the manager of a railway rolling stock works at Khargpur, India] on behalf of the wives of residents of Khargpur to the women of Great Britain arguing that the Government should respond to the murder and threats to married officials in Midnapore with the enforcement of the death penalty for the possession of unlicensed arms and ammunition. Sent with CHAR 2/194/26-28.
(Untitled), [Sep] [1933]
Open letter from Mrs L F Rhind [wife of the manager of a railway rolling stock works at Khargpur, India] complaining about the inadequate government response to the terrorist threat to officials in Midnapore and condemning proposals to transfer greater powers to Indian politicians. Sent with CHAR 2/194/26-28.
(Untitled), 11 Sep 1933
Notes for the Home Member of the Government of India prepared by a deputation of senior residents of Khargpur [India] calling for action against disorder in Khargpur. Signed by Mrs L F Rhind [wife of the manager of railway rolling stock works in Khargpur]. Sent with CHAR 2/194/26-28.
(Untitled), 13 Oct 1933
Letter from S W Beeman (33 The Grove, The Boltons, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/194/44 and CHAR 2/194/45 and asking for WSC's assistance in getting published his book ["The White Sword"] on what would happen in India were home rule granted.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1923
Approving foreword by Sir Michael O'Dwyer to "The White Sword", a book [by S W Beeman] predicting that a home rule government in India would not survive very long against invasions from northern tribes. Sent with CHAR 2/194/42-43.
(Untitled), Nov 1923
Letter from Reginald Mitchell Banks, Unionist MP for the Swindon Division of Wiltshire, to S W Beeman praising his book ["The White Sword"] predicting that a home rule government in India would not survive very long against invasions from northern tribes. Copy sent with CHAR 2/194/42-43.
(Untitled), 18 Oct [1933]
Cuttings from the Times: letter from John Perronet Thompson (Union of Britain and India, 15-16 Caxton House (East) Tothill Street, [London]) refuting what he sees as misleading statements about the Round Table Conference on India by Sir Henry Page Croft; letter from Sir Michael O'Dwyer criticising the proposals relating to the Indian Civil Service in the White Paper on India .
(Untitled), 19 Oct 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to Lauchlan McGeoch reporting that WSC is going to consider whether to bring up in parliament [the plight of the British community amid the growing disorder in Midnapore, India]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1933]
Letter from Robert Seton (22 Cadogan Gardens, [London]) to WSC on: Stuart Bevan's and Reginald Croom-Johnson's disappointment at not being appointed Solicitor-General; the need for "the friends of India" not to play into the hands of James Ramsay MacDonald; candidates for the chancellorships of Oxford and Cambridge universities.
(Untitled), 18 Oct [1933]
Letter from Sir Michael O'Dwyer (26 Brechin Place, [London]) to WSC suggesting that in his evidence to the Joint Committee on India he emphasise the points made by O'Dwyer in CHAR 2/194/47 and criticising the speech [by Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood] on the White Paper proposals for the Indian civil service.