ADHERENCE TO PAKISTAN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25299, 26 September 1947, Page 7

ADHERENCE TO PAKISTAN

Junagadh State In Disunite INDIA IMPOSES SANCTIONS (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. “A delicate situation adversely affecting relations between the Dominions of India and Pakistan has arisen from last week’s, announcement of the accession to Pakistan of Junagadh, premier State in the Kathiawar peninsula of Western. India,” says the Delhi correspondent off “The Times.” “Pakistan has accepted the accession, but India declines to recognise it, and is taking steps to induce the Nawab of Junagadh to change his mind. “The Nawab is a Moslem, but 80 per cent, of the State’s 800.000 people are Hindus and its territory is inextricably mixed with the adjacent States of Baroda, Porbandar, Navanagar, and other Hindu States, which have already acceded to the Dominion of India. “The Indian Government has started imposing economic sanctions against Junagadh, banning exports of coal and petrol to it. The Pakistan Government is reported to be sending coal by sea and is also alleged to be sending arms and ammunition. “The Indian Government’s attitude,” the correspondent adds, “is believed to be that if a referendum of Junagadh’s people were held it would definitely opt for joining India rather than Pakistan. but it is not known whether the Nawab is willing to hold a referent dum.”