§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrews Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether his attention has been called to the recent demonstration at Lahore in regard to the imprisonment of the proprietor and editor of an Indian paper for publishing a seditious statement, when the police, who were conveying the prisoners from the court to the gaol, were stopped by a large crowd of natives who pelted them with mud, and crowned the prisoners with garlands; also to the fact that the crowd afterwards paraded the street and assaulted every isolated European they met, until dispersed by the police; and, as this is a repetition of what happened at the second trial in February last, he now proposes to take steps to prevent the recurrence of such demonstrations.
§ MR. MORLEYThe local authorities have power to deal with these disturbances and will no doubt take all possible precautions against their recurrence. The duties of Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab have just been taken up by Sir Denzil Ibbetson, one of the most experienced and trusted officers in the Indian Service.