Word: viceroy
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...India's princes who surprised the Indian Round Table Conference in London by their offer to federate, their states with the rest of India (TIME, Dec. i). For this they were thanked last week by Viceroy Baron Irwin. Then up rose the sturdy, fighting Maharaja of Bikaner. He thanked Lord Irwin for arranging the truce with Mr. Gandhi. He concluded amid a burst of cheers: "If, alas, we cannot have Lord Irwin with us forever, we hope an Irwin-hearted Viceroy will follow after...
...princes well knew, Lord Irwin's term as Viceroy is just expiring. He will soon be replaced by the onetime Governor General of Canada, Lord Willingdon (TIME, Dec. 29). As his parting shot last week Lord Irwin proceeded to tell the Chamber of Princes bluntly that its members must pamper themselves less or expect trouble from the awakening subjects in their realms. He advised fewer Rolls-Royces (not of course mentioning that equipage by name), and more voluntary contributions by Rajas and Maharajas to projects of public welfare...
...measure. In London the Conservatives are retrenching. Under the whip of Winston Churchill's tongue they have shown signs of refusing to support a roundtable conference in India as was promised in the course of the London conference. In India the Mahatma seemed to have made peace with the Viceroy only to announce formally a few hours later that this was only a truce and that absolute independence from the British Empire was still his goal for India...
Lady Cynthia Mosley, daughter of the late Viscount Curzon (the most pompous, most punctilious Viceroy that India ever had), fairly yelled from a public platform last week (while championing the New Party founded by her husband Sir Oswald Mosley...
With a cavalry escort, with the guard of honor of a viceroy, Judge Duff whirled up Parliament Hill. For him the brass band of the footguards played "God Save the King." In legal fiction the nice, oldish gentleman was the King. It was the most exciting day of his life...