MURDER CAMPAIGN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7

MURDER CAMPAIGN.

♦ SHOT IN COURT. ANOTHER INDIAN ASSASSINATION. PiTIENCE EXHAUSTED. - By.Telegraph—Press Association—Copj rlcht. (Roo. January 25, 10.25 p.m.) . ~v ,- Calcutta, January 25. Shamvulalam, a Mohammedan inspec- ■ -tor/of ;thb ■meiit/ who';was IftTgdy.-re^nMble.^Qr;me , .discqyery .-'.of. .y.the;- Midnapur/:;conspiracy,: .was shot dead: in tlie High Court, Cal'cutta;; 'while leaviflg the .Court, Tvhern'tho Alipur case was being triad. ..; .• ' A Bengali youth, Vaged': 18,.fired : a'■ rovolver, the muzzle of which was only two mclies from the body of Shamvula- ■' :lam.'.-The.-.murderer' then;,fled . into > the •street.>; -;; ;/•'.> ;■ it ■'£ •: -V; - . . Ho was pursued, and threw • a bomb at a mounted poUceman,' : *.but it : failed .to. explode.. : The murderer was then ' ar- ■ rested. Jv; ■ '& v-v.

Two attempts had. previously been made ,to murder. Shaimvulalam. . . -."

' The murder has caused the utmost sensation, throughout Calcutta. ;. . .

■•;;;Ttio: EMopeanVcbmmumtyr 'the . limit ;of.; : patience: bebn ' reached and demand that, new laws be' adopted of the. utmost soverity. •'■' :'

t A SOLUTION WILL COME.

"NOT PEACEFUL NOR PAINLESS." .' The • Caloutta . ass.issination may well ;:prpye.y-'.tho'-.-liiStVßti , aw/: : ;afld«iinay:-iinßiir. that penalty of rejircsfeion to. which the Lieutenimt-Governor-of Bengal (Sir.E. N. •'Baker)ialluded* in ; ;s6me "lit-;, 'tlei ..time ago) to . the s ßengal Counoil.t ,' The: 'laeutenaut-Governdr '.statediV that' /- there had^been : enough -of ..out?' prases; ~ the; time' had ; o6mo'-fbr :mOre' than••talk. The education authorities, parents, :ahd:,:.6tndent3 r co-operato mth' jthe; Giiverimlent. If they 'failed,' :a eolntion wonld -sti.)J it: wouldnot bo peaoaful. or painless,. nor would there .bo; :roonl7 then, : for. discrimination: between innocent and .guilty. . '. J?;Eef4rring;Wt6 'iprotests ■> in England: V against.' : v'repre^ve; : ! actsof 'iithp.vlndian, 'authorities, ■; the : Calcutta correspondent of: "ThejTiines" .irtitesi7-"A c flagTant;"ex-: ample of tho attempts''to damage the Bengal Government has i been Sir Henry .'. 'dennnoiatipn/of :■ the' Caloutta 'Polioe'Bill/ based 'on' a inisleadinß' telegratn from tho Indian; 'Association' in Calcutta; ■; ■. The!Bill was .needed,' "asthe. present' iPolioe: ;Aptwas^',' p&ssed l '--ift'18G6,V.'^and,Vdoes . hot^provide"i-'the'" powMi which';ths police . possess: in fliost larg's. ■tbivnS/■ forreg^atuigtrafflp ; : and other such purposes: Tho Bengal Government - did" not ..ess4y. in' - legislation,! 'but.' bprtowed'cbrtairiviblauses '■ from 1 v. the': Bombay"Polioe 'Act: of : ISO 2. . Yet- for adopting ■ these:'clauses,!,' whibh' ; have''beehi| ;in : operation/invßombay jfor' seven -years, ; theyC were denounced: by: Sir Henry i Cot-; i :ton as. resorting to' 'coQrcion,' rand the samo sort of: interpretation has been "'resounding;; dailyV invthe/irßengaleo' and the 'Amrita. Bazar Patrika.' . : . . K>!rsYhen': it, ..was,; shown vihati'-thp;. olataees most .. hotly attacked were taken, from Soinbiiy itne; criticsJfell; baok on the plea ; that Caloutta, being a muoh.'lessfcrimmal pity; : ,;than'?Bbmbay, .didinot-'require :eiich stringent., provisions. . Mr;.'Duko' has completely exposed .the. supposed superiority of Caloutta, . but the agitation still', continues. -. The .:dbsurd outcry over a simpleV and'., necessary. . .Polioe . Bill '.'gives: sbme jdea'.of the.difficulties':with which : the. Government'have...to ; oontend,''.and; of. the extent.: to -which l ■ thev>, are ' hampered ■by unfair,,• and ill-informed 'oriticism .at ■Home.". v.'.>-'" : :■:£ T —.. ... ~ . ' :