A letter sent to the Viceroy of India by the
Bengal Chamber of Commerce, the Calcutta Trades Association, and the European and Anglo-Indian Defence Association urges the Government to adopt immediate drastic measures "to break the conspiracy organised by a body of Indian criminals," who purpose to attain their end "by murdering European officials, terrorising Judges, Magistrates, police, juries, counsel, witnesses, approvers, and informers." On Tuesday a bomb was thrown at a train in which Mr. Hume, the Public Prosecutor, was travelling on the Eastern Bengal Railway. No one was injured. Nearly all the Bengal papers protest against the proposed special legislation against Anarchists, arguing that it will give the police excessive powers. A point can be reached, however, at which the usual valid argu- ments against special restrictive measures lose their force. It is announced that owing to the serious situation in Bengal Lord Minto has abandoned his tour and will remain in Calcutta.
