INDIAN REBELS
» - INTERNED WITHOUT TRIAL BENGAL LEGISLATURE’S “SWARAJIST” MOTION By Telegraph—Press Association. —Copyright'. Delhi, January 27. Despite Government opposition the Bengal Legislature carried by 66 votes to 45 a “Swarajist” resolution urging the release of 17 men detained without trial. The supporters of the motion criticised the Government’s action in interning men without trial and failing to submit the. evidence against them to cross-examinaticnr The Government maintained that the existence of a revolutionary conspiracy was proved, and the ordinary law was unavailing. The Government knew that revolutionaries were establishing centres in various, parts of the province under the guise of philanthropic organisations. Some cl the leaders are in touch, with' agents of the Moscow Third International, who supplied money and arms. The revolutionaries were possessed of weapons and considerable ammunition, which were not procurable in India, and last year the existence of a definite plot to assassinate police officers was discovered. The Government considered its action imperative. A crowded meeting of Indians condemned the murder of Day in Calcutta. —Reuter/
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 105, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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170INDIAN REBELS Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 105, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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