INDIA: Viceroy into Roi

The job of ruling in India seven times as many subjects of the King-Emperor as live in the British Isles is likely to be tough during the weeks to come for that tall, scholarly Scottish banker, Viceroy and Governor General the Marquess of Linlithgow, Earl of Hopetoun and Baron Hope. Last week the House of Commons officially gave up hope that during a Nazi Blitzkrieg the India Office in London could continue to run India by cable and radio remote control. Only thing to do was to make the Viceroy in effect not...

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