INDIA.
VILLAGERS RESTIVE. Watchers with huge tom-toms that can be heard five miles away are said to . be scattered at. intervals along the Aravalli Hills ip the disaffected State of Alwar, to guard against the movement of British troops. This precaution has been taken by armed peasants led by ex-servicemen, owing to the belief that their homes are in danger of attack, as a result of agrarian agitation by Hindus and Aloslems.
The defending forces' are ready to concentrate at a moment’s notice. Any signs of attack will be conveyed to the peasants by the ominous beat of the tom-toms. The agitation affects several hundreds of villages, and roads by which lorries could bring troops have been made impassable, and passes have been blocked by big boulders.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1932, Page 12
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127INDIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1932, Page 12
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