Lord Birkenhead's Denial of Repression London, Mar. 31.
A responsive note was sounded vy the Earl of Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India, in the course gf a debate on India in the House of Lords to-night, with reward to the recent utterances of the Swarajist leader, Mr. Das, in which he expressed abhorrence of political assassinations or violence in any form, as well zs repression by the Government, The Earl of Birkenhead express Jed his desire to join Mr. Das and lay aside undue suspicion, would watch with hope the results of Mr. Das's appeal to his supporters. If he saw the revolution ory societies begin to atrophy for want of monetary or moral support Jand the channels of communication between the political and the anfarchieal world effectively closed, then a new era would have begun in engel and the need for wha! Mr. Das called repression woul have disappeared, He emphasized, however, that all the British authorities concerned in the repression of crimes of violence in Nenyel constantly and justly repudiated the intention or practice of repressing political opinion.
The speaker invited Mr. Das to take a further step and ce-operate with the Goverhment in repressing violence. All the British Govern ment desired was ce-operation between the British and the Indian political parties, with a view to progressive realization of responsible Government for India og an integral' part of the Empire, Never would it be reached by violence or des
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