THE PUNJAB REBELLION

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16847, 29 May 1920, Page 9

THE PUNJAB REBELLION

$ GENERAL DYER CENSURED. (By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and 2?. Z. Cubic Association.) (Received May 23th. 7.30 p.m.) SIMLA, _ May 26. The report of t'ne which enquired into the Punjab rebellion has been published-. Its publication has been withheld tiil now, owing to the tension existing over the Turkish peace terms. The document contains the majoritj and minority reports. The former states that General Dyer committed a grave error in ordering the troops to fire or the crowd at Amritsar. This is practically the only serious censure in the majority report, which is signed by the European members of the Committee. The minority report, which is signec by the three Indian members, condemn! martial law as a system of terror inflicted on tho people. Tho majority report justifies martin, law, though there was no evidence oi * an organised conspiracy tn overthrow tho British Government. Tho majority members of the Committee consider thai General Dyer honestly believed he wa< doing right in difficult circumstances. [A previous message said: The Secre tury of State for India, in a dispatch t( the Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, travers - ing the Hunter report on the Amritsa: rising, says that while admitting Gen e.ral Dyer's honesty of purpose, he find) i his conception of his duty so funda . mentally at -variance with what the Go • vernment has a richt to "expect fron , its officers, that the Government ap ' proves of General Dyer's resignation.] MILITARY COMMENT. (Received Mav '2?Hi, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON. May 27. Brig.-General Dyer declines to com ment on the Hunter report beyond say ( inrr that events will justify him. The military v : nw strongly support General Dyer. Sir George Younghus band declares that General Dyer tool tho only poss'ble step to stop a nativ< 3 rising, "and white people in India, espe cially the women, thank him. r i Sir O'Moore Creagh, former Com B mandcr-in-Chief in India, says: "Sedj o tion in Tridia. will be encouraged by thi - damnable report. General Dyer s ac a tion was absolutely essential." e> | ___________ t j