NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MANY arrests have been made In India in connexion with a widespread conspiracy, the progress of which has been watched by the police for some time. The Times correspondent says that the arrests have been made in Sylhet, Dacca, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Jessore, Mymensingh, Barisal, Faridpur, Kartickpur, and also in Calcutta and the twenty- four Parganas, and even in Rangoon. "The accused," he says, "are not merely youths, but include a pro- minent Mymensingh pleader and an elderly Ekairraj from Kartickpur, whilst Pulin Behari Das is one of the deported prisoners released in February, and was leader of the most prominent suppressed Samiti at Dacca and other associations of National Volunteers in Eastern Bengal. All are charged with offences against the Arms Act, and many of them also with waging war against the King- Emperor, with sedition, and breaches of the new laws
passed last year Cartridge-making machinery is reported to have been seized, also jewellery connecting the owner with the Jessore political dacoity."
