INDIAN UNREST

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 12, 27 December 1930, Page 5

INDIAN UNREST

SERIOUS RIOTING REPORTED BRITISH TROOPS RE* QUISITIONED. STUBBORN FIGHT WITH REBELS. [United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 27, 10.5 a.m.) Calcutta, Dec. 26. Grave developments followed the outbreak of rioting in the Tharrawaddy district in Burma and news reaching Rangoon proves that the insurgents have become daring.. H. Fields Clarke, a forest engineer, was murdered by rebels who attacked his bungalow and fired it. A company of the Buffs regiment has been rushed from Rangoon to join Indian infantry and military police. The insurgents were driven intg the jungle after a stubborn fight. The rebels, who are well armed, are adopting guerilla warfare, rendering the task of the troops more difficult. CANGB ATTACK POLICE. VILLAGES RAIDED. I United Press Association—By Cable— Copyright.) Delhi, December 25. Burma, the land of peacocks and golden pagodas, once again is in a state of panic. Gangs of several hundred Burmans attacked the police at a village near Tharawaddy and killed two headmen and a Government forest ranger. They robbed them of their firearms. Military police hurried to the scene, and a regular battle ensued. The rioters fired on the police, wounding five. The police returned the fire till their ammunition was exhausted, and then retreated. It is believed several rioters are dead. Next day the rioters attacked a village a few miles from Rangoon and killed a headman and stole lire gun. They set fire to the stationmaster’s house and looted the station. The police failed to intercept the rioters, the main body of whom are now retreating to the forests. Mounted police are searching for them. The trouble came as an entire surprise to the Government, for this district has been free from political trouble. INCITMENT TO CRIME. [United Prose Association—By CableCopyright.) Delhi, December 24. A police sub-inspector who was struck by a bullet aimed at the Governor in the Lahore outrage has died. The affair has shocked Punjob, where Sir G. G. Montmorency was known as a sympathetic Governor. The appearance of a number of revolutionary news sheets and newspapers containing incitement to crime, spreading untrue stories of incidents in gaols and conducting a campaign of calumny against the police, has led to the reimposition of the press and unlawful instigation ordinances throughout India. Many newspapers are fomenting the civil disobedence movement and supportng a campaign for the removal of tax payment.