INDIAN UNREST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1703, 17 December 1919, Page 3

INDIAN UNREST.

THE AMnijSA RISING. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association LONDON, Dec. 12.

Evidence before (be Commission of Enquiry at Lalibrfc into tin? Aniritwir risings in April is causing a sensation among the public. It appears that a general rising was threatened in Punjab, recalling the Indian ninthly. General Dyer, commanding the loyalist troops, ordered indiscriminate shoot mg, with tlu> result that 500 natives were billed and 1500 wounded.

The Punjab outrages included the cutting of telegraphic wires, • burning three hank tlie murder of a railway guard, bur ning the town liall and public offices at Ainritaar, _ . General Dyer in In’s evidence stated tnat when lie found his orders had been disobey--0(1 lie had to do something strong. “I shot'well and strongly 1650 rounds, lasting ten minutes. The crowd had disobeyed the law. No middle course was possible, so I fired until we, ran out of ammunition.” Asked if the idea was to strike terror, General Dyer replied: “1 did not intend frightfulness. hut "had to give them a lesson, and thought, from a military point of view, shooting would give the widest impression in the Punjab. The Lieut.-Governor wired approval of the action. Miss‘Sherwood, a missionary, whilst cycling, had been beaten with shoes and sticks, and left for dead. General Dyer said; “ Wtr look upon- women as sacred, therefore I ordered the street to be picketed from 6 in the morning until 8 in the evening. No Indian was allowed to pass in except by crawling on his hands and knees.” lie merely wanted to keep the place sacred. SUEING FOR PEACE. Australian-New Zealand (tnblo Association DELHI, Dec. 12.

An olUcinl message states that thirty Maliks, a 'section of the turbulent Mahsnds, arrived at Jandola on Hie. 10th to sno fer peace. Others are reported to ho following Our Operations have been suspended, and there have been no further attacks on the Burma frontier.