CALCUTTA'S BLOODY RECORD.

Chronicle (Levin), 23 June 1947, Page 5

CALCUTTA'S BLOODY RECORD.

Received Sunday, 7.0 p.m. LONDON, June 21. An opidemie of disease lingering on ihe communal disturbauces and an nnpreeedented vvave of crime continue to harass Calcutta citizens, says the Times Oalcutta eor.rospondent. C-holera still rages. The explanation of the present opidemie is the insanitary condition of the -city as a direet .result of several weeks of une.easing communal troublos. Between May 24 and June 19 201 persons died from cholera. 'Communal assaults, stabbings and ' bornb throwings have diminished sinee' the decision to partition India was announced but they remain almost a dailv feature of life. Noneomimunal crime is a source of growing anxiety. Unernplovment, indust rial unrest, a dearth of food and elothing and general postwar restlessness, appear to be the main canses. There have been 98 murders and 2000 burgkries in the past 5} months. The streets are no longer safe for the lone -pedestKan bv dav or night.

PARTITION EESULTS Tlie Governor of Bengal, Bir Fred erick Buitoyvs, announced that 'as th«e result of the Bengal Assemblv 's deeision lo partition the province, menibers elected by it to the existing Indian C'upst ituenl Assemblv would cease to bc members of it. Members of the Benga. Assemblv representing the Hiaotu | majority areas, would elect new repVe- . sentatives to the existing Constituent l Assemblv and those representing the j Moslem majority area would elect re- j

presentatives to the Pakistan Constituent Ass'einbiy. >Sir F-i^ederi ck Burrows addod thaf hc was taking the necessary steps for t'hesf. elections. DRAFT OF NEW ACT ETigh 'offi'ei.a'ls in the Indian Government have "received from London the' rdrat't of the Aet which w-iJl replaec the Governmetit of India Aet of 1'9.">5, when. power is transferred to India. It is :ex,peeted th'e Aet will be submitted to; the Indian leaders on Mondav.