§ Sir C. YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India in how many cases the Government of India has given Government servants who have been defamed in the Indian Press legal assistance in bringing actions against the offending newspapers; which of the local Governments have promised and which have not promised to do the same; and in how many cases have they done so?
§ Earl WINTERTONI have not the detailed information necessary to give my hon. and gallant Friend any exact reply. I know that the Punjab Government issued instructions of the nature described, and that there have been successful suits in that province. There have also been actions in Madras, Burma, and Bengal, and in them also, to the best of my belief, decrees were obtained.