INDIA.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 34, 10 February 1910, Page 5

INDIA.

DEPORTEES TO BE RELEASED

Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, February 9. The Indian Legislative Council has passed the Anti-Seditious Press Bill after a seven-hours' sitting. The Viceroy, Lord Minto, caused a sensation by stating that the Government had decided to release the deportees imprisoned foiirteen months ago on the ground that the politic movement of which they were leaders had since degenerated into an anarchical conspiracy waging war against British and Indian communities alike. It would be long before the evil was exterminated unless both communities work together. He believed that the release of the deportees would encourage mutual efforts. The Indian members of the Coiincil cheered the announcement, but English opinion gravely questions the wisdom of the release, believing that it is due to pressure from Home. The London Daily Mail states that if the Liberals remain in office long enough Lord Kitchener will succeed Lord Minto. The unsettled condition in India demands a Viceroy whose character and training inspire confidence in Europeans and natives alike.