New Delhi, Mar. 21, A tedious debate in the Legisia. tive Assembly on the Finance. Bill was ended last night by the Pr sident applying the closure adjourning the sitting in. consequence of the Opposition shouting down the Finance Member, Sir George Schuster. experience for four years, The Nationalist member, But we hav Pandit. Moti bru asked for information ax to the arrests amd searches which were taking place.
The Home Member, the Hor ames Crerar, replied rests of persons conspiring promote the objects the Com sépnort of organtzat papers opposing the present regime.
hoped that the Tepislative sembly would approve of the Got ernment's pulley of trying the e0:- Spirators under the ordinary Meamchile the matter wee Qiournment in order te discuss the Govermnont's This Me, Cer opneced. attempt be made to enter into the merits of the eases.
Later, the President, Mir. V. J. Patel, announced to the Assembly that the Viceroy and Governor. General, Lord Irwin, had disallowed Pandit Motilal Nebru's motion for adjournment to disewss the policy ind the recent arrests of communists, on the ground that the discussion would be detrimental to the public safety.—Reuter.
The Probable Indictment Meerut, Mar. 21.
Thirty-one persons have been arrested throughout India. in con-rection with the alleged "conspiracy against the King."
The persons arrested are mainly Communist and labour Leaders, understood that they will be charged with forming parties and minions in India to destroy the exist-Ing sovereign power and (o replace a Soviet type of republic on Tines similar to the one existing in Trouble Spreading to Railways Bombay, Mar. 22.
Considerable unrest prevails among. the labouring population owing to the arrest of communists on The situation in the mills arising from the strike is improving, but trouble is sprending to the railway work-shops at Matunga. The workors there formed procession and marched through the streets but came into conflict with the police, with the result that six workers! were slightly injured, The police are patrolling "the vicinity of the mills and railway
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