INDIAN UNREST

Evening Star, Issue 20980, 19 December 1931, Page 15

INDIAN UNREST

TRAIN WRECKING ATTEMPTED A NARROW ESCAPE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. DELHI, December 18. An attempt to wreck the Debra Dun express was foiled by a signal repairman ten minutes before the express was due near Stiarampur, in Bengal. A number of fishplates and bolts bad been removed from a rail with the intention of causing the train to run straight into the bank of a cutting. It is suspected that a terrorist outrage was intended. A parcels express train was derailed near Bombay, and a railwayman was killed and four passengers were hurt. The cause is not known. WHOLLY FALSE THE ROME “INTERVIEW.”(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 17. Mr Gandhi, in bis message to London, says: “The ‘ Giornale d’ltalia’s statement is wholly false. I never gave any interview to Press men in Rome. The' last interview I gave was at Villeneuve, in Switzerland, when I asked the people of India not to come to any decision, but to await my statement. I shall take no precipitous action, but shall make ample entreaties to the authorities should direct action become unfortunately necessary. Please give this statement the widest publication possible.” EDITOR CONFIRMS INTERVIEW. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ROME, December 18. (Received December 19, at 11.30 a.m.) The (.editor of the Giornale d’ltalia (Signor Gayda) id to-day’s issue writes: “ We* can -only' confirm Mr Gandhi’s interview which was given in the presence, pf other witnesses.