Officials of the British raj throughout India indulged last week in considerable delaying, coloring, falsifying and suppressing of vital news.
Delay. Correspondent Negley Farson of Chicago's Daily News, who made a special trip from Bombay to riot torn Sholapur (TIME, May 19). complained that officials who claimed they were not censoring his despatches held them up for as much as 12 hours, then suavely explained that this was due to "clerical delay." He also indicated that he could not send the true story of "Bloody Sholapur."
Falsification. Certainly one of the most vital events...
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