There remains no extant copy of the Nov 28 edition. Following is an excerpt from an edition published a few days earlier.

DELHI: Mr. D. Falshaw, District and Sessions Judge, dismissed the appeal of Dr. B.X. Tsatos and Miss Margarette Hofmann, two Bible preachers and Jehovah’s Witnesses who were convicted by the District Magistrate Mr. W.F. Baily for issuing a prejudicial pamphlet and sentenced to pay fines of Rs. 200 and Rs. 100 respectively or in default to undergo one month’s simple imprisonment.

It was stated that Mr. Tsatos, a Greek and Miss Hofmann, a Swiss, issued a pamphlet headed, “A Warning to All Christians” through the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society which was prohibited by an order of the Government of India under Rule 41 of the D.I.R. from printing and publishing any pamphlet. In his judgment Mr. Falshaw observed that although the accused had alleged that they had never indulged in activities which could in any way impede the war efforts, it seems to him that ‘prima facie’, the Government must have had good grounds for supposing that the activities of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and the International Bible Students’ Association were prejudicial to the prosecution of the war. (Dawn, Delhi)

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2014

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