FORCE AGAINST ANARCHY
REMARKS BY A JUDGE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIOHT.) J(SXDNEY SUN CABLB.) : ■ i" V:!' -, LONDON, sth May. . ( At the hearing of ■ ■■: Sir . Michael. O'Dwyer's libel action, counsel for the defence raised the issue of the propriety of General' Dyer's action, in. ordering troops to fire on the crowds at Amritsar. . .; v ; Mr. Justice M'Cardie: "If what General Dyer did .was. necessary for, the prevention of anarchy,' can it be said to be wrong.',.lf: five hundred were, killed, half a million were saved. .'■ The' police had cqmpletejy' lost control. You seem to be ignoring tHs grave ■ consequences that might have followed if General Dyer's force;had been destroyed. ' Later, Mr.: Justice , -M'Cardie interposed the remark that he could not see the distinction- in principle between a policeman's bludgeon, a soldier's, rifle, or an aviator's bomb in suppressina, a rebellion. . ; •■. r°The hearing was adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 7
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142FORCE AGAINST ANARCHY Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 7
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