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6th April, 1916
No. 5575 Sir, With reference to your letter of the 28th
ultimo addressed to the Private Secretary to the
Lord Lieutenant, I have to inform you that your
representations with regard to attacks made upon
Indian students in articles headed 'The Black
Peril' contained in a newspaper called 'The Eye
Opener' were laid before the Lord Lieutenant who
greatly regretted that Indian subjects of His
Majesty should have been subjected to the annoyance
complained of. His Excellency directed the police to warn
the owners, printers, and publishers of the periodical
in question that if they persisted in making
scurrilous attacks upon any class of the King's
loyal subjects, action of a serious kind would be
taken. I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant, B. N. Mahaul, Esq., King's Inns, Dublin.
A letter to an Indian student, B. N. Mahaul which is both an apology and a promise
that action will take place in Mahaul's favour. The incident that merited a letter
is an article that was published in a newspaper in Dublin newspaper the 'Eye-Opener'.
The paper printed an article with the heading 'Black Peril' which attacked Indian
students and indeed all people of different ethnicities. The letter says that the
lord lieutenant, Lord Wimborne, has told police to warn the people responsible that
if any more insulting and offensive articles are published serious action will be
taken.