Show ENGLAND WOULD CURB Chili INDIAN PRESS PS CALCUTTA CALCUTT A Feb 5 The Tho new press bill ill designed to s suppress the tho dissemination dissemination tion ion tion of anarchistic literature which was foreshadowed in the tho speech with which Lord Minto opened the imperial council was introduced in the council by Sir Herbert Risley Kisley secretary of the home homo department British government of India The measure does not create a censorship censorship cen cen- but provides for the control of all newspaper and job Dresses presses the proprietors pro- pro of which are aro obliged to deposit from rom to 1600 which is to bo ho forfeited forfeited forfeited for for- upon the conviction of the tho party of an attempt to incite to murder or outrages to tamper er with the army and navy excite racial class or religious animosity contempt of the government or native prince or the intimidation intimidation in- in of public servants etc Sir Herbert explaining the necessity of curbing freedom of publication sale said We see a widely read portion of the he Indian press occupied in rendering the he government odious in the sight of ot the tho Indian people The rhe government is represented as a foreign one and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore selfish and tyrannical It is alleged to have produced famine its public works to have generated malaria malaria malaria ma ma- laria and to have introduced the pla plague e and poisoned the wells with the obJect of reducing the population in order to place it in subjection to have destroyed religion by a godless godless' system godless system of educations educations educations and in in short snort short to have enslaved a whole people eople who now struggle to be free The press openly proclaims the only cure for the ills of India is freedom freedom free freo- dom from foreign rule We W are confronted with a murderous murder murder- ous conspiracy concluded the secretary secretary secre secre- tary who appealed for the prompt and unanimous passage of the tho bil bill |