ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN INDIA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 12983, 26 January 1910, Page 5

ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN INDIA.

POLICE OFFICIAL SHOT DEAD. More Bomb Throwing. Press Association—Telegraph.—Copyright. CALCUTTA, January 25. Shamvulalam, a Mahommedan, Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, and who was largely responsible .for tlie discovery "of the Midnapur conspiracy, was shot dead in the High Court at Calcutta while leaving the Court where- the Alipur case was being tried. A Bengali youth, aged 18, fired . two shots into Shamvulalam’s body. He-then fled into the street and threw a bomb at a mounted policeman, but it failed to explode.

The murderer was arrested. Two previous attempts have been made to murder Shamvulalam. The utmost sensation has been caused.

The European community declare that the limit of patience has been reached and demand that the new Jaws, he enforced with the utmost severity.

SPEECH BY EARL OF MINTO. Determined to Bridie; License. Strongest Measures Foreshadowed. . CALCUTTA, January 25. The Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India, speaking- in the Legislative Council at Calcutta, and alluding to Shamsiilalam’s murder and sedition generally, remarked—“We have tolerated revolutionary literature too long out -of a chivalrous unwillingness to interfere with the freedom of speech. I am determined to bridle license. The Viceroy was heartily cheered from the public and press galleries, a thing unprecedented. The speech foreshadows a stringent Press Act.