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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23717, 15 August 1942, Page 5

TROUBLE IN OTHER CENTRES (Received August 14. 9.5 p.m.) (N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, August 13. The Indian situation in hand. There were no incidents' in Delhi, and only minor incidents in Bombay today. A mob at Dacca raided the local Indian Magistrate's Court, broke the windows and set fire to the records. The district judge attempted to save the records, but he was attacked with lathis and brickbats. A guard was forced to fire his revolver to save his life. A crowd in central Madras set fire to the railway stations at Tenali and Chirala. The police fired, killing four and injuring 10. Sporadic disturbances in Poona included setting fire to a police post. Trouble flared up in the business area of Ngapur. Hooligans broke into the railway goods-sheds, looted grain, damaged railway installations, smashed water mains, and cut telephone wires. Crowds made a bonfire of the contents of a suburban post office. The police opened fire at three places. The police at Secunderabad used tear gas to disperse crowds which were stones. Three police officers wore beaten up and the district magistrate and police superintendent were injured by stones, Hooligans raided three post offices in Lucknow, destroyed some property, and look cash. A partial strike is being observed, but nearly all the Moslem shops in the predominately Moslem localities are open. Some shops in Old Delhi have reopened and the authorities are taking steps to reopen other shops retailing essential supplies. The curfew in Delhi has been extended for two more days and prohibitions on processions and meetings have been extended for three days. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister has been arrested. A message from Chungking reports that the Korean Independence Party has asked President Roosevelt, Mr Churchill. M, Stalin, and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to mediate on the Indian question. It has also requested Mr Roosevelt to recommend rational methods for a settlement, and implored Mr Churchill to release the Indian leaders. Identical messages have been sent to Stalin and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, asking them to use their influence for the release of the Indian leaders. The party believes that a settlement of the Indian problem will bring an earlier victory for the Unij.'ld Nations. Public opinion in’ the Middle East unreservedly condemns the Congress Parly’s policy. A Turkish deputy comments on the incongruous demands that the British should leave India and at the same time defend India. Comment is also made that in a country under Japanese control, Gandhi and Pandit Nehru would not have been allowed to remain alive. An Iraq newspaper states that Axis rule as demonstrated in occupied countries should have been a lesson to India, but Gandhi and his colleagues evidently had not considered what had happened, and continued to prevent a solution of the Indian problem for their own selfish purposes.