SITUATION IN INDIA

Evening Star, Issue 20987, 29 December 1931, Page 7

SITUATION IN INDIA

RIOTING AT LAHORE BRITISH TROOPS RESTORE ORDER PreiJ Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, CALCUTTA, December 28, (Received December 29, at 10.6 a.m.) Many were injured in rioting between Moslems and Hindus at Lahore last night, following the fatal stabbing of -a Moslem youth in a quarrel with a Hindu, Several Hindu shops were looted. British troops had to restore order. All processions and meetings are bannned for six days. A serious clash occurred in the village of Saibasu, thirty miles from Cawnpore, between the police and the peasant congressmen who refused to pay rent to the Government. Several were injured. The arrest of 200 frontier Red Shirts and the sentencing of forty-eight of them to six months’ hard labour has quietened the situation there. It appears that the objective of about 3,000 Red Shirts was to force their way into Kohat, but the troops foiled the plan.

MR GANDHI'S ARRIVAL

REVIVAL OF DISTURBANCES

DELHI, December 28. (Received December 29, at 11 a.m.)

With Mr Gandhi’s arrival from Europe this morning Bombay witnessed a revival of the disturbances from which the city has been remarkably free during the past few months. While Congress men planned an elaborate reception, members of the untouchable cast, declaring that Mr Gandhi had neglected their claims at the London Conference, greeted the Congress chief with hostile cries and processions carrying black flags. Shortly before dawn thousands of untouchables marched to the pier, where they were confronted by a similar number of Congress men. Fighting ensued, in which twelve Congress men, including two leaders, were injured. Mr Gandhi landed at 8 o’clock, almost hidden by garlands of flowers presented to him by women. Ho drove to Congress headquarters, ignoring the decorated car, and demanded details of the situation throughout the country.