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Show READING- ATTEMPTS TO PLACATE INDIA DELHI, India. Jan. 28. Lord Reading, Read-ing, viceroy of India, set forth the attitude at-titude of Ihe Indian government to-I to-I ward the revolutionary elements in a I recent address to a delegation from ihc Punjab chamb r of commerce. After promising that the full strength of the government would be exerted to prevent disaster, as cabled at that time. Lord Reading added "We have no desire to Interfere with the lawful activities of political parties however opposed to us but, although we are most anxious to redress al) legitimate le-gitimate grievances and to remove the I grounds Of popular discontent. et we f.annot allow any political activity to impose its will upon the country by violence, intimidation, coercion or other oth-er unlawful means. ' There Is today a natural and lofrlti-' lofrlti-' mate desire on the part of the vast majority of the people that the law t-hould be respected and observed. "I cannot put think that in some quarters there Is a misconception of the position of the government of India. In-dia. They have, I verily believe, the support of the law-abiding citizens of India. "It cannot be fairly said that we h.n e abused this power. Indeed we are sometimes criticized for not having sufficiently exercised It and I readll) admit that we sought to avoid action v.hlch might either be mhrnnri i ed or misrepresented as- too severe or as provocative." |