CONDITIONS IN INDIA.
DISOBEDIENCE DISAPPEARS.
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 30.
In response to a request for a statement on the Indian situation, in the House of Commons, Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for India, said it continued to be satisfactory. Civil disobedience had disappeared and public interest was now centred mainly on the elections of the Legislative Assembly. _ The special measures adopted against terrorists were being firmly maintained, and active public opinion was developing in Bengal against the terrorists. Government action had also been taken against certain Communist organisations whose activities constituted a threat to law and order. On the North-West Frontier the situation ivas tranquil. The recent tariff legislation had improved the position of the British iron and steel industry, while a committee of the Indian Legislature had reported favourably on the results of the Ottawa Trade Agreement.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 7
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