CONNAUGHT RANGERS' MUTINY.
INCITEMENT FROM IRELAND. i TROUBLE AMONG NEW DRAFTS. (Received 1.30 p.m.) Simla, July 11. Details of the mutiny of Connaught rangers at Jullundur prove that the action was due to incitement from Ireland. When the demonstration began .urge Sinn Fein Hags were hoisted on ilie barracks. The ' men wore >inn Fein rosettes and other emblems. It i- , sp.'.ially significant that the 'a<i | majorit y of the two hundred men who I came out with "the last drafts from ’England refused duty and intimated ‘ that thev would not allow themselves to be disarmed by Indian troops but the obeyed order to place arms ami ammunition under guard. Within the. past few davs some ot the arrested men have shown’ regret for their mutimms conduct. Ringleaders of the movement will be tried. The disaffection has not spread to any other Irish regiment in India. j AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. j An • union unate incident occurred on the north western railway near Fes hawar. British military ]>olice at tempted to eject some Indians travelling without tickets. Forty Indians attacked the police and seriously injured a British officer wno intervened. Indian troops fired on the mob killing one and wounding another. The incident caused great excitement at Peshawar where all shops were closed. —(A. and N.Z.) I
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 177, 12 July 1920, Page 6
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