A Press note [Bombay, June 21] says: It has come to the notice of the Government that during the past six weeks there had been some unrest amongst the working populations in the north of the Island of Bombay due to rumours in circulation concerning lawless behaviour on the part of inmates of the military labour camp at Dadar, recruiting agents and other persons apparently inmates of the military hospital at Parel. The City Police have been active in investigating into the sources of all such rumours as have come under their notice. The publication in the Press of rumours and allegations of lawlessness on the part of persons mentioned is considered by the Government to be prejudicial to public safety as being likely to promote feelings of enmity and hatred between different classes of His Majesty’s subjects, which feelings in turn give rise to strikes hampering production of the materials required for the prosecution of the war and prejudice recruiting operations upon which depends the adequate supply of the combatants and followers for the Indian army. The Government are most anxious that all such rumours and allegations shall be investigated at an earliest opportunity by the police, so that they may be brought to light and any offender promptly punished. The Government, therefore, trust that the general public will co-operate with the police by giving prompt information to the latter as to any instance of alleged lawlessness. The Government further trust that the better educated portion of the public will co-operate by contradicting any unfounded rumours and allaying public excitement.