Britain had offered India self-government before, but never with such conviction, never with so few strings. If Indians could decide among themselves the kind of constitution they wanted, Prime Minister Attlee last week promised them an immediate choice between dominion status and full independence.
Attlee noted that the "tide of nationalism is running very fast in India," that it has spread even to "those wonderful soldiers" who are the mainstay of British forces overseas. He emphasized that the new ministerial mission—Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Pethick-Lawrence and A. V. Alexander—would have "as free...
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