§ 8. Mr. T. JOHNSTONasked the Under-Secretary for India whether he is aware that the Madras Government is 5 discharging officials who contribute to the Tilak Swaraj Fund, or associate with non-co-operators, or subscribe to the non-co-operators' press; that Mr. Subba Sao has been discharged from the telegraph department for the official reason that he is either a non-co-operator himself or has active sympathy with the non-co-operators; and whether he will make inquiries with a view to the discontinuance of this policy?
§ Mr. RICHARDSI have no official knowledge of the individual case, or of any general orders of dismissal. But all Government servants are prohibited from subscribing in aid of any political movement in India, and know of the existence of this prohibition.