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6th April, 1916 No. 5575 Sir, With reference to your interview with the
Chief Commissioner of Police on the 30th ultimo,
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
t he owners, printers, and publishers of the period-
-ical 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, S. M. Azam, Esq., Kilworth Hotel, Kildare Street, Dublin.
This is a letter to an Indian student S. M. Azam. The letter is both an apology and
a promise that action will take place in Azam's favour. The incident that merited
this letter was an article that was published in a newspaper in Dublin called the
'Eye-Opener'. The paper printed an article with the heading 'Black Peril' which attacked
Indian students. The letter says that the lord lieutenant, Lord Wimborne (1873 - 1939),
has told police to warn the people responsible that if any more insulting and offensive
articles are published serious action will be taken.