Letter to B. N. Mahaul, 6 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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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.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/5575/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/185 English 1916-04-06 B. N. Mahaul King's Inn, Dublin, Ireland Country and City Life Industry and Public Administration

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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. King's Inn, Dublin, Ireland Letter to B. N. Mahaul, 6 April 1916Letter from B. N. Mahaul, 28 March 1916 B. N. Mahaul Letter to B. N. Mahaul, 6 April 1916Letter from B. N. Mahaul, 28 March 1916