THE TROUBLE IN INDIA.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 266, 15 May 1907, Page 2

THE TROUBLE IN INDIA.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COPYBIGHI.J [PEB PBEBE ASSOCIATION.] (Received May 15th, 7.37 a.m.) London, May 14. Mr John Morley, in reply to Mr Balfour, said that measures taken in the Punjab sufficed for the maintenance of tranquility. The situation in Eastern Bengal was strained ; Hindoo agitators were violently attempting to compel Mahommedans to abstain from purchasing goods in the markets. Great unrest continues; hence the new ordinance has been promulgated regulating a public meeting to prevent seditious speeches. The ordinance considered it absolutely necessary for the public safety. He intimated, in reply to Mr W. Redmond, that it was inopportune to discuss the subject now, lest agitators in India saw the House of Commons was divided on the matter. (Ministerial and Opposition cheers.) Mr Vincent: "We are not divided." Mr W. Redmond: "We are." Calcutta, May 14. Lajpatra, a leading revolutionary, has been sent to Mandalay, where 42 other political prisoners are detained for other offences. Further arrests have been made in connections with the riots at Pawalpindi. '