Modern Review February 1943

Chinsur Incident and the Reaction of the Press For the first time in the history of Indian journalism nearly one hundred newspapers of the country joined in a protest against the unjust order pasted on the Press by the C. P. Government calculated to hide the disgraceful.Chimur incident. [...] In the event of the Central Government not showing any inclination to compel the C. P. Government to withdraw the order the Editors decided to stop the publiction of certain categories of news including the New Year's Honours List. [...] Pandit Kunsru considers that the acceptance of the federal scheme with the authority that it retains in the hands of the British Government as urged by the Viceroy in his Calcutta speech is not a practical proposition at the present moment and then observes : The last war was followed by radical changes in the eonstitational status of the British self-coveriung domnions. [...] He also seta forth the different stages through which the British Government have furthered their policy of keeping the people divided in India beginning with the activities of Principal Beck of the M. A. 0. College Aligarh in the eighties of the last century down to the recent declaration by the British Government as embodied in Cripps proposals. [...] Truth cannot be said to have any consideable relation with it " Fifty Facts About India Fifty Facts about India" is the title of a pamphlet that is being circulated in America fur the education of the people of that country about the Govennnent of India the poply of the country and her war effort and the nature of the present relation between the United States and India.