MOPLAH REBELLION
GUERRILLA WARFARE. GOVERNMENT'S DIFFICULT TASK. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. DELHI, October 13. (Received October 14, at 9.20 a.m.) Refugees are still pouring into Callout. It is probable that, fresh camps _wi!l bo opened up in . tho country to relievo the congestion. Brief engagements occur daily. The rebels are suffering heavy casualties. They are still engaged in murdering, plundering, and cutting telegraph wires. The military are establishing wireless communication between the chief centres. One thousand people of all grades in Calicut submitted a. petition to tho Viceroy for an extensive campaign In Malabar to stamp out the rebellion, saying that the military ate insufficient, and that the punishments are inadequate. After tho rebellion is quelled the petitioners hope that sufficient forces will be stationed in Malabar to prevent a recurrence of the trouble. They fear rcvengcfuT reprisals when the imprisoned Moplahs return. Nearly 3,000 have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment.—A. and N.Z. Cable,
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Evening Star, Issue 17792, 14 October 1921, Page 4
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