INDIAN AFFAIRS.
/ CALCUTTA, DereAnbar 22. -All classes in India are favourably impressed with the reform proposals, and the unrest is subsiding. Two bombs were at the train conveying Mr Humej the Public Prosecutor, to Sodepur. No one was hurt. This makes the seventh bomb outrage on this line of railway. December 25. A gratifying response to the Viceroy's recent appeal to the people was embodied' in the at Calcutta yesterday of a most loyal addTess, expressing gratitude for the reforms and promising an enthusiastic oo*op^aration with the executive' authority. , * * The deputation consisted of 100 of/ the foremost men from the ' two divisions Nof Bengal, also several of the extremist leaders. Earl Minto, in welcoming the address, said that no more momentous assurances had ever been, offiened to any Viceroy. They struck the keynote of sympathetic and mutual understanding • whereon co much - depends. *J- , ' ' LONDON, December 22! . Mt Buchanan replied negatively to Mr C. o'DonneH'al suggestion to collect the opinions -of all the retired members of the Bengal civil service, the Maharajah*, and Rajahs of Bengal regarding the question of the partition. N
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Otago Witness, Issue 2859, 30 December 1908, Page 23
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