§ 4. Mr. LANSBURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, whether the Secretary of State for India has now received copies of the evidence given in the recent trials for sedition at Cawnpore; and, if so, will he lay copies upon the Table of the House?
§ Mr. RICHARDSThe evidence referred to has not yet been received.
§ 5. Mr. LANSBURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that nearly 150 persons have been arrested in the Cawnpore district charged with sedition; and will he tell the House what is the actual nature of the charges preferred against these men?
§ Mr. RICHARDSI have no information of any such arrests having been made in the Cawnpore district.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs the hon. Gentleman aware that these men are being, arrested because they advocated the land for the people?
§ Mr. RICHARDSI have no information as to that.
§ Mr. LANSBURYWill the hon. Gentleman make inquiries, seeing that it was a Reuter telegram that conveyed this information, and they are notoriously accurate?
§ Mr. RICHARDSI will make inquiries