November 15, 1939

It. re.

CONGRESS TO CONDEMN
CHINESE TACTICS

Calcutta Nov 13.
Mandal and district
Congress committees in
West Bengal were on
Wednesday directed to hold
public meetings in their
areas to explain India's
border problem with China
in the light ol the Work-
ing Committee's latest
resolution on the subject.

This decision was
taken at a meeting of
presidents and secretaries
of mandal and district
Congress Committees in
Calcutta. Representatives
of Congress' youth, stu-
dents women and seva dal
were also present.

At these meetings, it
was derided, people would
be urged to give th^ir
fullest support to Mr. Nehru
and to condemn "Chinese
tactics " 1 hese should also
be used to condemn the
Communists' role in India
and the campaign should
be continued till .thev
changed their present atti-
tude to the India-China
border issue.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
CEREMONY IN SIKKIM

Gangtok, Nov. 8.
The Maharaja of Sikkim
presided over the annual
prize distribution ceremony
oj the Sikkim Tashi
Namgyal Academy yester-
day. The Indian military
band was in attendance.

DARJEELING REACTION
TO CHOUS SCHEME

Darjeeling Nov. It.
Creation cf a demili-
tarized buffer zone as
proposed by Mr. Chou-En-
lai received a mixed recep-
tion here. Though official
circles are reluctant to
comment, it is generally
surmised that they are not
very happy about the
proposal Sources close to
military circles here said,
albeit unofficially, that
further retreat, from the
present positions might
mean withdrawal from
strategically important
posts, which is likelv, in
view of the terrain, to help
the Chinese more than
Inda.

Administrative circ'es
fear that borders manned
by civil administrative
personnel and unarmed
police might lead to wider
infiltration of subversive
elements. This in turn is
likely to make the task
of maintaining law and
order specially difficult.
TIBETAN REFUGFE
MAULED BY BEAR

Gangtok, Nov. 8.
A Tibetan refugee,
while colleclirg firewood
last evening in the Deorali
forest near Gangtok, was
badly mauleS ly a bear.
The victim, 1 though able
to kill the) bear, was
brought to the hospital in
a precarious condition.

PROBLEM OF THOSE
GOING ABROAD

Darjeeling, Nov. 12
Representatives of the
I'istrict Committee of the
North Bengnl Chamber
of Commerce and Indus-
tries met Sri S. P. Jain,
Commissioner of Income
Tax, West Bengal, last
week and submitted to
him a memorandum.

The moit important
point discussed related

to the difficulties inobtain-
ing Final Income-lax
Claaranee Certificattn by
those who wanted to go
on foreign tripB, espe-
cially students. The dele-
gation suggested that ar-
rangement* be made to
issue these certificatis
from district offices ins-
tead of frcm Calcutta.

he Commiasionfr is un-
derstood to have stkfd
the Chamber to write to
the Central Board of
Revenue

The Chamber, pointed
out that money deposited
by Tibetan traders with
Kalimpong merchants
was often assessed aa
profits, due, to the diffi-
culty in produoing nece-
ssary evidence. They plfo-
ded for a more linient
vie-v when assessing such
deposits. The Commi-
ssioner is understood to
have indicated that his
department would take a
sympathetic view in this
matter.