The Calcutta Weekly Notes. Monday February 10 1919

We did not expect that after the promise of a partial responsibility of a secondary character in local administration a Bill would be framed by the Government of India with the sanction of the Secretary of State for making the executive heads of the Provincial administrations and the Government of India more irresponsible than any autocratic monarch that is to be found to rule over the destinies [...] T. though apparently intended only for a handful of men Ail4 place the whole of the Indian popultion at the mercy of the police and beyond the protection of the law courts cannot but be to rouse in the minds of the people discontent and grave suspicion as to the good faith of Goverment regarding the introduction of any genuine measure of responsible Government. [...] We expect that some residue a the statesmanship of the glorious Victorian age is yet to be found in this country or in England to allow wiser counsel to prevail in view of the universal popular demand for the dropping of such legislation and the restoration of confidence in the minds of the people as to the genuine desire of the Government to intrduce constitutional educational and industrial [...] The learned Subordnate Judge decreed the suit The learned Ditrict Judge on appeal modified the decision of the learned Subordinate Judge holding that the Plaintiff is entitled to the amount claimed provided that the assets in the hands of the administratrix are sufficient for payment of all the creditors in full and that if they are not so sufficient the Plaintiff will be paid rateably un [...] 282 of the Indian Succession Act in one course of administration : Held—There being a denial by the adminitratrix that she has any assets fit and proper for answering the claim of the Plaintiff " the prper thing is to make a decree for administration of the estate and then to distribute the assets of the deceased person pari passu amongst the creditors " (I.