EVENTS IN INDIA

Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 9

EVENTS IN INDIA

MISSIONARIES AND CONGRESS EMBARRASSING THE GOVERNMENT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, January 18. Dr Ernest Forrester Paton, a Scottish missionary at Turruppatnr, was charged before an Indian judge at Madras with picketing shops which were selling British goods. Dr Paton, who is a brother-in-law of Mr J. D. Millar, the member of the House of Commons for East Fife, claimed trial as a British subject. The case was adjourned.

The sympathetic attitude of other missionaries towards the Congress movement is exercising official circles. Mr G. B. Hallstead, an American missioner and social director of the Lucknow Christian College, has been requested to leave the country owing to his political activities, and Father Elliven, an American, and a personal friend of Mr Gandhi, has been deported from the North-west Frontier Province.

GANDHI'S IMPRISONMENT

A RUMOUR DENIED DELHI, January 18. The rumour that the Indian Government was likely to encourage any section of political leaders to interview Mr Gandhi or other imprisoned congressmen with a view to negotiations is declared as being without foundation.

INDIANS IN JAPAN PROTEST TOKIO, January 19. Fourteen members of the Indian Patriotic Association visited the British Embassy to-day to protest against Mr Gandhi’s imprisonment. They demanded an interview with the Ambassador, and when this was refused they smashed windows, forced an entry to the chancellery, and scattered handbills. The police were called in and arrested four of the demonstrators, while the others fled. THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (British Official Wireless.) , RUGBY, January 19. (Received January 20, at 11 a.m.) The Viceroy has issued invitations to members of the Round Table Consultative Committee to meet on January 28 in New Delhi, when the franchise, the Federal finance, and the State’s Inquiry Committees, which will shortly begin work in India, have made their recommendations. 4 This working committee, which is representative of practically all shades of Indian opinion, will be brought into consultation before final conclusions are adopted by the Government.