HORROR IN INDIA

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 64, 15 March 1940, Page 8

HORROR IN INDIA

ACT CONDEMNED

i DISSERVICE TO CAUSE

LONDON, March 14. A message from New Delhi says that news of the shooting in Caxton Hall aroused feelings of horror and indignation and put the Finnish news into the background. Calcutta reports that the Premier; of Bengal Province said: "The Indian continent joins the world in'condemning the abominable tragedy and congratulates the Marquess of Zetland on his providential escape. It hopes he will long be spared to guide the destinies of India." The newspaper "Star of India" says: "However bitter India may have felt against Sir Michael O'Dwyer, she hangs her head in shame, for no one wished his death." The Bombay Nationalist Press joins | in the condemnation. One paper says: "The shooting rendered a distinct dis-J service to the cause of the freedom of India. Sir Michael O'Dwyer died a martyr." SURVIVORS' CONDITIONS. Lord Zetland spent a comfortable night at his home in Mayfair. His only injury is a grazed rib, and no operation will be necessary. Sir Louis Dane is in Westminster Hospital and is in a fairly comfortable condition, and Lord Lamington, who is at his home at Wilton Place, passed a good night. The shooting caused a sensation in the House of Commons, and abhorrence is expressed on all sides. Representative Indians, including the Secretary of the Hindu Association in Europe, stated: ''Though we disagreed with Sir Michael O'Dwyer's political views, we must record our great sorry at the tragedy. We have no doubt that the leaders of the Congress Party are indescribably pained."