GENERAL DYER'S ORDER
AN INDIAN INCIDENT
RAISED IN LIBEL ACTION. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, May 6. During the hearing of the libel action brought by Sir Michael O'Dwyer, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, against Sir Sankarin Nair, a member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India, in respect of allegations in Sir Sankarin Nair's book, " Gandhi and Anarchy," counsel for the defence raised the issue as to the propriety of General Dyer's action at Ainritsar.
Mr Justice McCardie said: "If what General Dyer did was necessary for the prevention of anarchy, can it be said to have been wrong ?" and added: "If 500 people were killed and half a million were saved ? The police had completely lost control. You seem to be ignoring the'grave consequences that might have followed if General Dyer's force had been destroyed." Later his Honor interposed that he could not see any distinction in principle between a policeman's bludgeon and a sailor's rifle or an aviator's bomb in suppressing rebellion. The hearing was adjourned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10106, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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