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man hlmoolf had hlo throat out and wan loft for idooU* Ho
howovor ourvlvod and nan takon to tho hoopltal and wna
ourod aftor a long tlno. Immodlatoly on coning out of
hoopltal ho wan thrown Into prioon by tho nhoilch and
dotalnod thoro for a long tlrno. Then ho wan roloanod with
a viow to oonlng to nono o^nrangomont* but Junt boforn
my vlolt ho had boon wamod that If l^o did not nnko n
doolaratlon t?vit ho did not know who liart mndo tho attack
and that ho had no groundn for oonplulnt agnlnnt r.holkh
Khalld ho would bn lmpnino'nod again. Tho loading non
pointed out that within a fow dayo ho would bo lnprloonod
and vory llkoly nurdorod If T did not talco aono atopn.
Thla aoonod to bo pulto timo, and no X had to lorwo that
nftornoon and in any onoo It eoomod probable that nonothing
might bo dono to tho nan boforo X could refer tho quootlon,
I onno to tho conclunlon that tho only thing to do wan to
authorlao tho political Agont to glvo tho nan protection
until hlo cane could bo nnrmlmd Into.
I ro<iuontod tho Polltloul Agont to fumloh no with
dotalln of tho more glaring canon of opproonlon nono of
which had boon roportod vorbally thon# and on roooj.pt I
will addroon tho Govommont of India again on tho nubjoot.
It lo obvlouoly not doalrublo to mako tho Agonoy Into
a Court of Appoal agalnnt tho doololono of tho nholkli, but
on tho othor handt ao tho doputatlon pointed out, Onhraln
.
crubjooto ui*o afraid to takr. tho law Into thoir own hando
ao tho rcholkh lo \mdor our protootion, and thoy urgo#
with namo rouoon, tlint wo ought In oonoonuonoo to. tako
otopo to provont tho Gholkh from abuolng hlo authority.
Ao far ao I oan noo tho only way of doing thin will
bo to authorlEO tho political Agont to intorvono in oaooo
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of glaring opprooulcm and glvo tho Individual Prltioh
protootlonf ponding oomo regular onqulry Into hlo onno.
I will not howovor nako any dofj.nlto rooouraondatlono on
thlo point ut prooont* but will nako any nuggootion I huvo

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