5, PUMP COURT, 



TEMPLE, 



LONDON, E.G. 



28th August, 1915. 



To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE A. BONAR LAW, 



H. M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, 

 COLONIAL OFFICE, S.W. 



SIR, 



I beg to inform you that some weeks ago 

 I was instructed to proceed to London from Ceylon 

 to lay before you for your sympathetic consideration 

 the grave disabilities to which the Buddhist Sinhalese 

 people are being subjected as a result of recent 

 disturbances in Ceylon, more particularly to appeal 

 for an enquiry into the results of the disturbances ; 

 for the postponement of pending executions ; the 

 withdrawal of Martial Law, and the release of certain 

 Sinhalese of high social position now confined in 

 prison under lettre de cachet. 



For your information I beg to append a few 

 personal notes. 



I beg leave to enclose a complete Memorandum, 

 containing facts which we feel should be brought to 

 your notice without delay, 



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