Indian Unrest

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 231, 12 September 1922, Page 4

Indian Unrest

GREAT TENSION CONTINUES BETWEEN HINDUS AND MOHAMMEDANS. IN THE PANJAB PROVINCE. (By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright.] Delhi, Sept. 11. The situation in Multan is much improved. and the shops are opening. The reduction of troops is possible. Great tension still exists between the Hindus and Mohammedans. It is reported that several have been badly disfigured with sulphuric acid. The deputy commissioner considers the danger of the trouble spreading has passed.

The situation in Amritsar is unchanged, but the number of wounded Akalis is increasing. As the bands are dispersed by the police further bands continue to arrive, and the excitement is made worse by sensational reports published in extremist and vernacular press, accusing the police and authorities of brutal repression and of various kinds of outrages in dispersing the Akalis, some of whom, it is alleged, received serious wounds. Sikh members of the Legislature demand the immediate passing of a bill to satisfy the Sikh ambitions and pacify the Akalis.— (A. and N.Z.)

STATUS OF INDIANS. WITHIN THE EMPIRE. London, Sept. 10. Lord Newton, in an address before the British Association, appealing for the extension of complete Imperial citizenship to Indians, said that despite statesmen’s professions the belief prevailed in India that helotry, not citizenship, was the status designed for Indians in certain dominions and colonies. He cited Fiji. South Africa and Kenya, and advocated an Impartial Imperial tribunal to arbitrate in such cases.—(Reuter).

Ottawa, Sept. 11. Speaking at Montreal. Mr. Justice Sastri said that, rightly or wrongly, many young men of India find in the failure of Canada and other countries to extend to Hindu residents full citizenship evidence that their nation will not be accorded the full privilege of membership of the British Empire. It is argued from this that the white man is unwilling to give full liberty to India, and that adds another difficulty in the way of those who believe in the British connection. —(A. and N.Z.)