Show Cripps Arrives Arrive To Woo India War Aid NEW DELHI India March 23 UP Sir UPI Sir Stafford Cripps Britain's emissary arrived here by plane Monday to begin the formidable I task of pacifying Indias India's politically disgruntled millions so a united fight may be made against the axis S He was reported to be the bearer of a British government plan to raise India to dominion status after the war and grant her people people people peo- peo peo peo- considerable powers of self- self government during the transitory stage There is no time to lose and no time for long discussions Sir Stafford told a press conference He said he intended to stay In Inthe Inthe inthe the Indian capital only two weeks because there were many urgent and important matters to be cleaned up in England He added that he believed that in time with energy and good will the essentials of f success could be achieved in solving solving- the Indian problem Unofficial reports indicated that Cripps would spend the next two days conferring with Viceroy Lord Linlithgow Commander in Chief Continued on Page Four Column Seven Cripps Arrives To Woo India Continued from Pate Page One C 6 CSir Sir Archibald P P. P Wavell and several several several sev sev- eral provincial governors With first hand information thus gained from officials on the ground he would then go into a series of meetings with the leaders of Indias India's varied political and re religious religious religious re- re groups upon whose cooperation cooperation cooperation coop coop- the success of his mission depends Invited to New Delhi These leaders had been invited to be available In New Delhi from March 25 onAn on An indication that Sir Stafford was eager ager to go immediately to the root of the problem was seen In the fact that those he had chosen to meet first represent the most contradictory views views notably notably the Congress party the Moslem league and the Hindu Mahas group as well as the Indian princes Coincident with Cripps' Cripps arrival were these developments few of them encouraging One One K Gandhi spiritual spiritual spir spir- spiritual lealer of the Congress party In the independence movement pleaded In his newspaper newspaper newspaper per for official assurances es that the country will not be subjected to the scorched earth policy if invasion threatens Want Independence T o Two The The council of the united provinces Congress party made known its view that nothing short of independence would be satisfactory tory However it did not ot commit itself to any formal statement of demands Three Three Sir Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan premier of Punjab who has In informed in formed friends of his intention of resigning from the Moslem league working committee met with Maulana Abdul Kalan Azad president president president dent of the Congress party Of all the developments this was encouraging for it appeared that this might be an effort to bridge Moslem and Congress party differences Sir Sikandar long longan an advocate of Moslem-Hindu Moslem collaboration collaboration collaboration col col- col- col has not supported the demand of Mohammed AH All Jinnah president of the Moslem league for a separate autonomous Moslem state |