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Show MS PISS UNDER lOROUSJOHTROL English Government Desires to Curb Freedom of Publica- lions in ludia. MEASURE INTRODUCED IN COUNCIL AT CALCUTTA Claim Made That Papers Represent Repre-sent Rule as Tyannical and Unjust. CALCUTTA. Feb. The new press lull designed to suppress tho dissemination dissemina-tion of anarchistic literature, which was forc&liadowod in the speech with which Lord Minto opened the imperial council, was introduced at today's session of the council bv Sir Herbert Hopc-Rislcy. secretary sec-retary of" the homo department, British government of India. The measure does not create a censorship, cen-sorship, but provides for the coutro) of all newspaper and job presses, the proprietors pro-prietors of which arc obliged to deposit, from $100 to $1000, which is to be forfeited for-feited upon the conviction of tho party of an attempt to incite to murder or auarchial outrages, to tamncr with the army and navy, excite racial, class or religious animosity, contempt, of the government or native- prince, or the intimidation in-timidation of public servants, etc. Necessity Pointed Out. w Sir Herbert, explaining the necessity of curbing freedom of publication, said: 4 4 We !-ec a widely read portion of the Indian press occupied in rondering flic government odioun in the sight ot the-Indian people. The government is represented as a foreign one, aud therefore there-fore selfish and tyrannical. It is alleged to have produced famine, its public, works to have generated malaria ma-laria and to have introduced the plague and poisoned the wells with the object of reducing the population in order to plnce it in subjection; to have destroyed religion by a godless system of educations, educa-tions, and. in short to have enslaved a whole people who now struggle to be free. The press openJy proclaims the only cure for the ills of Lndia is freedom free-dom from foreign rule. 4 4 We arc confronted with a murderous murder-ous conspiracy, coucluded the secretary, secre-tary, who appealed for the prompt and unanimous passage of the bill. |