DANGER IN INDIA.
PEOPLE BELIEVE THEIR RULERS TO BE AFRAID, ■SIR J. B. FULLER'S RESIGNATION. SV TELECBAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. . (Rec. Jui|o 7, 4.15 p.m.) London, June 6. Sir Bampfyldo Fuller, who in 1906 resigned his position us Governor of Eastern Bengal, in a letter to " Tho Times," emphasises tho uneasy and dangerously mutinous feoling which exists in India, and which is a result of the people's belief that their rulers have grown afraid of them. . "Tho Times" considers that events justified tho prudent and modorato proposals which led to tho termination of Sir Bampfyldo Fuller's Indian career. Tlie Secretary for India (Mr. Motley) was recently' questioned in tho House of Commons as to ■ tno Prevention of Seditions Meetings Act, 1907. He stated that the Act was in force in one district only, and that no meeting had been prohibited since it came into force. He 'could not admit, after the experience of the last nine or ton months, that the: best interests of rulors and ruled would be served by repealing tho Act.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080608.2.35
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 218, 8 June 1908, Page 7
Word Count
174DANGER IN INDIA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 218, 8 June 1908, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in