INDIAN POSITION.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20919, 28 July 1933, Page 11

INDIAN POSITION.

SPREAD OF TERRORISM ALLEGED. GOVERNMENT DENIAL. (BumsE orricrAt, vriaELESS.) (Received July 27, 7.15 p.m.) RUGBY, July 26. Lord Reading, in the House of Lords, referring to a recent speech made by Lord Lloyd, said that the impression created was that the Government was concealing information relating to political conditions in India, and to the spread of Communist and terrorist activities. Lord Irwin, for the Government, said that there was no foundation for the suggestions made by Lord Lloyd. Terrorism had existed for many years in India, but the activities of terrorists had been largely crippled. If it was suggested that terrorism was worse, or on the increase, that was definitely opposed to the considered view of the Government here, and of the Government of India. Lord Lloyd admitted that the local situation in Bengal had improved, but reiterated his charge that the Government was not putting before the public a fair picture of the terrorist and Communist dangers. [Lord Lloyd, with Mr Winston Churchill and Sir Henry Page-Croft, leads the Diehard section of the Conservative party, which is bitterly onposed to the Government's policy in India.l FEWER POLITICAL PRISONERS. SURPRISING FALL IN FIGURES. (Received July 27, 11.40 p.m.) CALCUTTA, July 27. The improvement in the situation in India is illustrated by the fact that the total number of political pr. oners in India is now about 6000, which is less fhan a quarter of the total 12 months ago.