WELL IN HAND

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 4

WELL IN HAND

INDIAN SITUATION MINOR INCIDENTS HOOLIGAN ACTIVITIES (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (2 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 13. The Indian situation is well in hand. There were no incidents in Delhi and only minor incidents in Bombay today. A mob at Dacca raided the local Indian Magistrate’s Court, broke windows/and set fire to records. A district judge attempted to* save the records, but was attacked with lathis! and brickbats. A' guard was forced to fire a revolver to save his life. A crowd in central Madras set fire to. railway stations 'at Tenali and Chirala. The police fired, killing four persons'and injuring TO. Sporadic disturbances in Pobna included setting fire to a police post. Trouble flared-up in the business area of Ngapur. Hooligans broke into a railway goodsheds,. looted-grain, damaged railway installations, smashed water main's, and cut telephone .wires. Crowds made a bonfire of. the . contents of a suburban post office. The police opened fire at three places., . Police at Secunderabad used teargas to disperse, crowds, who" were throwing stones. Three police officers were beaten up and a district magistrate and police superintendent injur.-, ed by stones. Hooligans raided three post offices in Lucknow, .destroyed some property, and took cash. i A partial "Strike is being observed, but nearly -all Moslem shops in the predominately Moslem localities fjre open. Some-- shops in Old Pelhi : reopened and the authorities are taking steps to reopen other shops retailing essential supplies. The curfew in Delhi has been extended for two more days and prohibitions on processions and meetings extended for three days. Nehru’s sifter has been arrested at Aeslahabad. A Chungking message reports that the Korean Independence Party asked President* Roosevelt, Mr. Churchill, M. Stalin, and Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek to mediate in the Anglo-Indian conflicts, requested President Roosevelt to recommend rational - methods of .settlement, and implored Mr. Churchill to release the Indian leaders. It sent identical messages to the .other two asking them to use their influence for the release of the leaders. The party believed that a settlement of the Indian problem would bring an earlier victory- for- the United .Nations.