Serious Situation is Developing in India

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7201, 26 April 1930, Page 7

Serious Situation is Developing in India

Populace of Cities Inflamed i —.—_— Two Soldiers Burned to Death in Armoured Car United Press Assn—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 7 p.m. DELHI, April 24. Serious riots continue in India. „ At Sikur, following a clash between' Pathans, Sindhi and Mohammedans ,one Pathan was killed and three wounded. Two British soldiers were burned to death in armoured cars, 12 were killed and 12 injured at Peshawar. There seems little doubt the Peshawar mob was emboldened by the reluctance of the authorities to tire. A huge mob surrounded the armoured cars, poured kerosene over them and they were completely destroyed. The Indian papers report very heavy casualties. It is reported a British sergeant was pulled from a motor - cycle by a mob and murdered with an axe. Additional troops were called out and opened fire with machine-guns. The situation was got under control and the military havo now taken possession of the city. All entrances to the city arc guarded. » When the news reached Lahore, a monster demonstration was held there, during which live Moslems and two Britishers were injured. Twenty Rioters Killed In Peshawar Outbreak NATIVE TROOPS REPLACE BRITISH. Received Friday, 7 p.m. DELHI, April 25. Twelve rioters have been reported killed by rifle and machine-gun lire at Peshawar. Deputy-Commissioner Metcalf and Assistant Police Superintendent Carroll were seriously injured during tho street battle. Order has now been restored and British troops have been replaced by an Indian detachment. The armoured ears have been withdrawn. The agitators whose arrest caused the riot have been lodged in Peshawar fort, A Little War In Bengal TROOPS INFLICT CASUALTIES ON FLEEING REBELS. DELHI, April 23. Twelve Chittagong (Bengal) rebels were killed and many wounded in a running fight with a military search party. Tho troops first encountered 30 rebels four miles from Chittagong, and surrounded them, killing seven. The remainder of tho rebels retired through dense jungle, whero they were again surrounded, but managed to escape to the hills, pursued by troops armed with machine-guns. Another fierce fight ensued, in which five rebels were killed. There were no casualties among the troops, who are still pursuing the insurgents. Several arrests have been made at Chittagong, where the citizens arc asked not to walk through the main streets after nine o’clock at night. While four men who had been arrested in a train at Fcni, in Eastern Bengal, on suspicion of complicity in the Chittagong outrage, were being searched in the stationmaster’s office, they drew revolvers, shot and wounded the inspector of police, two constables, a ticket collector, and a village policeman, and then escaped. Sixteen, including a number of students, were arrested at Feni.