INDIAN AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1931, Page 2

INDIAN AFFAIRS

MINORITIES AGREEMENT. —l' [by cable— press assn.— COPYRIGHT.]

LONDON, November 13. Before the re-assembly of the Minorities Committee to-day, the Aga Khan saw the Prime Minister, and informed him that an agreement had been reached between the Moslems and the representatives of smaller minorities, including Europeans in India 1 , Indian Christians, Anglo Indians, and the Depressed Classes. . The Sikhs are the only minority not included in the agreement. The agreement concerned the quantum of representation of each of the minorities in the proposed Provincial and Central Legislatures. It* remains to be seen whether the main problem, namely the differences between the Moslems and Hindus, can be solved. CONFERENCE ENDING. RUGBY, November 13. The end of the present phase of the Indian Round Table Conference is in sight, and the final plenary session will probably be held next week. It will be brought to a close by an important statement, authorised by the Government and made by the Prime Minister. Presiding at a meeting of the Minorities Committee, to-day, he expressed himself profoundly sorry that the delegates were unable to settle the communal problems, which lay at the foundation of any process towards setting up the Indian constitution. GOLD TO U.S.A. ' NEW YORK, November 13. The Chartered Bank, of India, Australia and China, which recently received 680,000 dollars in gold from India, is reported to be receiving 500,000 more, on November 17. • STERNER MEASURES CALCUTTA, November 13. A mass meeting of Europeans here passed a resolution expressing dissatisfaction with the measures to deal with terrorism in Bengal. The chairman declared that the Government was about to move inore quickly than ever before. This hint of more drastic action is believed to be the sequel of a secret meeting with the Governor on Thursday night, OFFICER’S FATAL MISTAKE. CALCUTTA, November 13. Lieutenant Sheehan was acquitted of the murder of Donald Clark, by shooting, when on a railway train on September 9. The Magistrate declared that the affair was most unfortunate, and was caused by Clark jumping on a moving train to evade detection, as he was travelling without a ticket. Sheehan, overwrought owing to a previous attempt on his life, feared that Clark was Another assassin.

Lt. Sheehan was wounded and a fellow officer was killed by Indian terrorists, when travelling on a train. Shortly afterwards, Sheehan shot Clark, the son of a prominent journalist, under the circumstances described above.