15 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 2

One of the most important measures before the Assembly at

Simla is the Public Safety (Removal from India) Bill. This provides for the deportation of Com- munist agitators who are not. British-Indian Subjects or subjects of the Indian States, When the Assembly opened, Indian opinion was almost solidly against the Bill, but as the discussions have. proceeded the members have been impressed by the information about the deliberate -attempts made by imported agitators to foment revolution. The prospects of the Bill have . proportionately improved, though the Simla correspondent of the Times says that there has been some grumbling among_ unofficial members because the Government had not taken the trouble to make known sooner the gravity of the situation.

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