INDIA.
GABLE NEW'S
SEDITION BILL PASSED.
SEDITIOUS VOLUNTEERS/
United Press Association. Copyright
CALCUTTA, Dec. 11
The Council of India has passed the Sedition Bill, the native members warmly acquiescing. Sir Harvey Adamson mentioned that the organisation of seditious volunteers numbered 15,000 in Eastern Bengal. Their influence , was greatly fostered by boycotting, arson, dacoity (gang robbery), and terrorieation. /
SPEECH BY THE GOVERNORGENERAL.
AN APPEAL TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE.
(Received Dec. 13, 4.15 p.m.)
CALCUTTA, Dec. 12. „ Lord Minto, at a meeting of the Council, emphasised that personal and public security were dangerously threatened, calling for stern measures to terminate the apprehensions of hidden danger which were crippling the daily life of the people. He appealed to the good sense of the whole community to co-operate with the, authorities to ensure order and security, thus enabling the Government to turn its attention to Viscount Morley’s projected reforms.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2373, 14 December 1908, Page 5
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