The Archive · 1930

Congress IK. Q. Raided Again Jone 6

Three hundred police armed with lathes and fifty with firearms today surrounded the Congress Headquat ters for the third raid since the civil disobedience campaign was launched. Thirty. European police officers directed the raid.

Six members of the "War Coun cil" of the Congress were arrested, ieluding the president, Mx. Joshi, and documents wore seized. "Among the latter was the Congress bulletin, which had been published Wespite the fact that its production had been prohibited—Reuter.

London, June 6.

Replying to the former Secretary of State for Foreign. Affaire, Sir Austen Chamberlain, in the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary of State for India, Mr. Wedgwood Benn, declared that the resources at the disposal of the Government of India for the preservation of internal and external peace were sufficient Reuter.

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