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Thus a Bombay rhymester last week expressed the fear of the whole anti-Axis world that Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain's newly arrived special envoy to India, would be unable to resolve India's conflicting political demands and thus promote her war effort...
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...Stafford had paused in Cairo to talk with Britain's Middle Eastern command, whose task may depend greatly on his work. Indian developments seemed to favor that work. After committee meetings, the Indian National Congress party, which has demanded complete independence, appeared to be in a receptive mood. Congress' Mohandas Gandhi spoke with easy informality of Sir Stafford: "I once had the pleasure of meeting him. The one thing we had in common is that he is a food faddist [vegetarian...
...beyond doubt, Sir Stafford had before him one of history's most difficult problems in statesmanship. In one respect he had already made what seemed an excellent start. As Britain's envoy it would be his privilege, if he wished, to stay in the Viceroy's elephantine palace in New Delhi. This red sandstone and white granite symbol of British rule stands on a hill overlooking the city and lifts a copper dome 177 feet against the hot Indian skies. Under the dome a huge crystal chandelier lights a marble throne room bounded by ten-foot torches...
...socialist Sir Stafford, during his visit to a land whose 352,000,000 people are mostly dirt poor, had chosen instead to live a mile away in the vine-covered, chintzy bungalow of Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow, Communications Member of the Government of India...