Mild, abject Indians who somehow managed to spring bewildering surprises on both the First and the Second Indian Round Table Conference, managed to spring a few more last week, as dignified Scot MacDonald opened what he called, with characteristic optimism, "The Third and Final Conference."
King George opened the First Conference with elegant pomp in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords (TIME, Nov. 24, 1930). Mahatma Gandhi was not present. To everyone's amazement it was India's bejeweled Princes and Maharajas who upset the show by upsetting Great Britain's major premise,...
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