London, Oct. 18.
The Government of India's appreciation of the situation up to [October 11th states that the latest provincial reports, for the most! part, reflect a continued improvement in the general situation in internal India, This is particularly marked in Madras, Bengal and the Punjab and in the first-named province the civil disobedience movement has} now practically ceased to exist, In the United Provinces there has! also been an improvement, but the'
ies in some districts have made it necessary for the local government to declare unlawful number of local associations, Agitation is reported to be on the Jdecline in the Central Provinces and. breaches of the Forest Laws are now ona much smaller scale than a few weeks ago, although a farther clash with the police, arising out of this form of lawlessness, has been reported.
The picketing of liquor shops is almost in abey-ice, but as in several other provinces, one result of the crusade against licensed shops has been an increase in illicit distillation, Bihar and Orissa continues to re-
Jcord a steady improvement, but the prevalence of illegal activities some districts necessitates arrests Jon a considerable scale.
On the other hand, the number of Yhose who offer apologies is in-
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