The Government and Official Secrets The invocation by the Government
of Section 6 of the Official Secrets Act against the political correspondents of three news-papers has caused great surprise and con.: siderable concern. These correspondents reported in their papers the decision of the Government to arrest Mr. Gandhi. Under Departmental instructions the police visited the offices of the three newspapers and demanded to know the source of an announcement which the Government regarded as a dangerous leakage. In two of the offices the police were informed that the announcement was merely an intelligent anticipation of the inevitable, and that the name of the correspondent could not be revealed. In the other office apparently the correspondent's name was given and the corres- pondent himself was visited by the police in his private house and subjected to a long' interrogation. • •
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