PUNJAB RECRUITING
LIBEL ACTION BRINGS ACTIONS
TO LIGHT
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
<REUTER'3 IELEGBAM.) (Received 2nd May, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, Ist May. A libel action has commenced before the King's Bench, in which Sir Michael O'Dwyer, ex-Lieut.-Governor of the Punjab, is suing Sir Sankaran Nair, a member of the Council and Secretary of State for India, in respect to allegations in Nair's book on " Gandhi and Anarchy."_ Nair denied that the words complained of were defamatory, and pleaded that they were true and fair comment. Sir Michael O'Dwyer's counsel described the allegation that O'Dwyer used terrorism to raise recruits in the Punjab during war-time as a black lie. Ho mentioned that Geneuel Dyer, who ■was responsible for firing on the mob at Amritsar in 1919, was dying and could not be called as a witness, but an ex-Viceroy of India, Lord Chehnsford, would be a witness. Sir Michael O'Dwyer, when giving evidence,' denied that he had ever approved of coercion ;n recruiting in the Punjab, and when informed, of General Dyer's action and asked to approve, he at first hesitated but eventually^ consented, whereupon General Deynon sent a message to General Dyer, saying: "Your action correct, LieutenauL-Governor approves." The bearing was adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1924, Page 7
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201PUNJAB RECRUITING Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1924, Page 7
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