INDIAN UNREST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1719, 9 January 1920, Page 6

INDIAN UNREST.

STRIKES IN BOMBAY AND ' CALCUTTA. I By Electric Telegraph.--Copyright. Australian-New, Zealand Cable Aecociatioi ALLAHABAD, Jan. 7.' A wave of urn-oat is prevalent, thrunghout India. For some mouths there Ji.ive been strikes, involving tlie railways, post offices and factories.' • A strike of mill hands now in Bombay involves 200.000 people, and has spread to Calcutta, where 25,000 have conic out on the first clay, making a* similar dema.iid t« 'Bombay for a 50 per cent increase, in wages, and increased grain allowance after ton hours u day. The strikes came as a surprise, as no demands had previously been promulgated. Military Have been sent to Bombay, with a view to possible disturbances. Rioting occurred at'one mill. Newspapers have been compelled to cut down their issues owing to trouble with employees. The chief cause of the industrial unrest is high prices. The cost of living has increased 100 per cent. 'The Government, however, is aware that Bolshevik agents have reached India, via Afghanistan, in order to foment unrest. They have stated that they have unlimited funds at their disposal. As a precautionary measure the Government has issued an order dec! ring the, rouble notes illegal tender. Anyone possessing them Is liable to imprisonment.