INDIAN EXTREMISTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 24, 30 January 1922, Page 5

INDIAN EXTREMISTS.

RIOTS IN CALCUTTA. I MOB STONES THE MILITARY. TROUBLE FEARED IN MULTAN. j (By Cable. -Press Association.—Coprrtglit.) I — Kisif'Ja (Received 10.30 a.m.) * "■'*"" DELHI, January 29. A crowded extremist meeting was held at Calcutta on Thursday, all trallkj >'as stopped for several hours. A large force of police and armed Gurkhas attempted to disperse the demonstrators, but were stoned, one sergeant and two constables being wounded. c Ultimately the crowd dispersed, but a c J meeting was held again on Friday, the t ! crowds refusing to move even when ,_ i charged, and the police were again ~ j stoned, three sergeants, several con- „, stables, and a number of the public ' j being injured, while 80 arrests were j made. On the same day a. serious riot occurred at Titagars, 13 miles from Calcutta. * Four thousand mill hands demanded the release of arrested men who had assaulted the manager and stoned the police, wounding the deputy-superinten-dent and 12 constables. The police opened fire, killing two and wounding 40, after which the mob dispersed. Prei cautionary measures were taken to pre- , vent the. trouble spreading. s Reports from Multan state that it is > almost impossible to control the ex- * tremists, who organise daily demoni strations. There are indications of civil j disobedience in other localities. A Moplah leader and four followers i took refuge in a Hindu temple, and , fought to the end. all being killed by the > Suffolk regiment, who had one man f seriously wounded. The police in Calcutta arrested eleven [ Germans armed with revolvers from - German steamer?. One of them, a German lieutenant, was formerly a British prisoner of war.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)