BOMBAY: Security personnel of all the services are redoubling their efforts to wipe out careless talk in Bombay city and suburbs writes an A.P.I. representative. It is realised that the “slogan” campaign has had considerable success but that more stringent methods will have to be taken.

Dance halls, cafes, restaurants and cinemas — which up to now have been breeding grounds for careless talk and wild rumours — will be kept under even more watchful supervision.

It is pointed out that now that the war in Europe appears to be reaching its final stages, it is increasingly necessary that no hint of troop movements, arrival of supplies and equipment to this theatre etc. should reach the ears of the enemy. Soldiers and civilians who have been in the habit of engaging in this dangerous practice will from now on find themselves in a great deal of trouble with the security personnel if they continue to do so.

[Meanwhile,] Britain must offer India real inducements in the shape of help and sympathy to stay in the Empire, [writes] Simon Harcour Smith in the ‘Daily Mail’ on Wednesday. The war has swept away Britain’s foreign investments, much of our merchant fleet, and two-thirds of Britain’s foreign trade. (Dawn, Delhi)

Published in Dawn, September 1st, 2014