The Calcutta Weekly Notes December 23 1946

In their Pickwickian debate in that politcal theatre which is known as the British Parliament the Lords Spiritual and Temporal which of course include Archbishops and Bishops and hereditary peers of the United Kingdom certain hereditary peers of Scotland and Ireland and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and the elected representatives of England and Wales and of Scotland and Northern Irland [...] Local people must take upon themselves the responsibility of seeing that peace is maintained and life and property aro secure." We hope that the Calcutta public will take the appeal in the spirit in which it has been made and join in the work of rhabilitation and restoration of normal coditions in the city. [...] A few Fancy for a moment what the condition of months back he led a joint procession of Bengal the stronghold of foreign capHindu and Muslim students through the taligs would have been if all the money— streets of Calcutta to mark the citizens' hundreds of crores of rupees—which is protest against the conviction by a Court annually drained out of this unfortunate Martial of a distinguished I [...] In view of the recent happenings in Nokhali Chandpur and other places it is of very great importance that the Congress High Command should come into the closest contact with the masses in East Bengal so that the feelings of friendship and goowill which have existed among different communities for centuries in all the districts in that part of the province may not be disturbed again by unscr [...] In considering the issue whether the acused was incapable of knowing the nature of his act it is essential to bear in mind that to such an extent are the great majrity of lunatics able to appreciate the nature of their acts and to distinguish between right and wrong to such an extent are they guided by the same motives desires and emotions as are sane persons that it is just and necessar