POLICE LEADER HURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 307, 29 December 1930, Page 7

POLICE LEADER HURT.

Revolt Organised and on Large

Scale.

"MURDERED WITH- FEROCITY.'

CALCUTTA, December 28,

Further dispatches from Rangoon state that Captain Rust, who Jed the police forces in the clash with the rebels in Burma two days ago, Was injured.

A military police post at Yedaik was also attacked, but the rebels were repulsed. A police officer and another official are missing.

There was another engagement at Insen. It is reported that the police suffered more casualties.

Later details received of the disturbances reveal that it was an organised, large scale revolt. The rebels were thousands strong, attired in a dark uniform, wearing blue shirts with a white cross. They were well armed and showed evidence of . discipline' in : the clashes with the troops and police.

They carried out the murders with the greatest ferocity. , Their headquarters are believed to be in the heart of the jungle.' It is estimated that they lost 1200 killed and Wounded.

The cause of the revolt is uncertain, but it .is suggested that the rebels are bands of men who are Avithout work owing to the low price of rice and who are out for loot.

A full battalion of the Burma Rifles has been sent to Tharrawaddy, where disaffection is prevalent. Several- towns and villages have formed civil guards to assist the military and police. The rebels are using motor buses for conveyance of the men to the places attacked.