§ *MR. REESI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of Mysore has recently passed a regulation through its Legislative Council for dealing with seditious newspapers, providing that no newspaper in Mysore, shall be published without the written permission of the Government, that any person contravening this provision shall be required to leave Mysore within a week and not to return without permission, and providing also for forcible expulsion of the offender and confiscation of his press and his plant; and whether this Bill passed through a Legislative Council consisting of Indian gentlemen without a dissentient voice.
§ MR. BUCHANANNo official report has been received, but I understand that the facts are as stated by the hon. Member; and a Regulation of the character in question has been passed by the Government of Mysore.
§ *MR. REESAre there two Mysores in India, or is this the native State which, during the recent Budget debate, was held up as an example to the Government of India by the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydvil?
§ MR. BUCHANANThere is only one Mysore that I know of.
§ MR. KEIR HARDIEWill the Government follow its example in other respects?
§ *MR. REESDo the Government propose to follow this example and govern India according to native ideas and ideals?