Meerut, Jan. 31, The trial of the thirty-one prisonors arrested in various parts of India {last March and charged with a "attempting to deprive His Majesty) the King-Emperor of his sovereignty, and to replace the existing Government by the Moscow system" opened here to-day. Besides the Judge there were five assessors, all Indians.
The prosecutor said the accused aimed at establishing coolie government for the country, which real~ ly meant the securing of power for small oligarchy controlled by lite Communist International at Moscow.
It will be recalled that seventeen "proved facts" were enumerated by the Magistrate on January 15 when hho read in extense the committal order to the prisoners.
Outstanding among these facts were that the Communist Inter-into @ conspiracy to form Wei and. Peasants parties to inculcate solidarity, and to foment, strikes leading up to a general strike to be followed by revol In con formity with this policy a Com~ munist Party in India had been. formed and Workers and Poasants parties in Bombay, Bengal, the Pun {ab and the United Provinces, which iliad been financially aided and directed from Moscow. Several persons Allison Pratt and Bradley, was stated, hat been sent out for the express pu. Jose of organi the work and fomenting the revolution—Reuter.
Mr. Gand!
's Terms Bombay, Jan 30.
London, Jan,, 27:
Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Permanent Under-Secretary of Stute for Indi replying {0 correspondent, sai that India's sterling security, white issued under the authority of Act of Parliament. and charged! on the: revenues of India, was not guaranteed by the British Government.
The Secretary of State for India, hho declared, could not' deal witlt hypothetical contingencies, but had authorized a statement that the present British Government had no intention of allowing a state of things to arise in India in which the repudiation of debt could become a practical possibility, The statement continued that it was inconceivable to the Secretary State for India that, in dealing with any: scheme of Constitutional change India, Parliament could fail 9 provide safeguards, should they be heeded, againat any breach of the conditions under which loans were
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