INDIA: Durbar No. 2

Indians, who could not be expected to understand why St. Gandhi was jailed "during His Majesty's pleasure," then feted at Buckingham Palace, then jailed a second time "during His Majesty's pleasure," were barred last week from beholding the newsreel Gandhi Meets The King.

Another kind of show—the kind anyone can understand—was provided by Viceroy & Lady Willingdon. Having pitched their golden thrones and held a durbar near the frontier of Afghanistan (TIME, May 2), they pitched thrones again last week and held another durbar in British Baluchistan, adjoining Persia. To do homage...

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