INDIAN NEGOTIATIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1945, Page 7

INDIAN NEGOTIATIONS

WAVELL-GANDHI MEETING. (Rec. 11.20 a.m.) A . BOMBAY, December 6. It has been announced that LordWaveil has agreed to meet GandhL shortly, in Calcutta. FORCE NOT PROPOSED. (Rec. 11.20 a.m.) CALCUTTA, December 6. No responsible Congressman ever contemplated the use of force for the solution of the Indian problem, said the General Secretary of the AllIndia Congress Party, J. B. Kripalani, in a rebuttal of the suggestion from Lord Pethick Lawrence, in a Lords’ statement on December 4. “I think it cowardly on the part of the Government possessing the atomic bomb to descend to threats." NATIONAL ARMY. (Rec. 11.20 a.m.) NEW DELHI, December 6. The Tribunal trying members of the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Army to-day heard how' Cap- i tain Barhauddin ordered fatal beatings for “deserters” from, the INA. The prosecution said that Barhauajin was recruiting officer for the INA. . 1 J When five men . were recaptured after escaping from his group, he assembled 120 men and gave each of the delinquents one stroke for each dav of absence. Joga Singh .was ordered to stand on a table while his wrists were tied to a rope and the table removed. He was theri'lgiven 120 strokes. He cried for mercy until unconscious. He was left hangiuf by the wrists while the four others were similarly beaten. When Singh was taken down he was dead. The Tribunal adjourned to give the defence three weeks in which to prepare- its case.