Definite Turn For Better In India

Northern Advocate, 13 August 1942, Page 3

Definite Turn For Better In India

(Rec. 2 p.m.). LONDON, August 12 The situation in India is e'asier, a considerable factor being the stern warnings by the Governor of Bombay and other authorities that order must be maintained at any cost, which iwas coupled with the impressive police troop reinforcements to the most tense areas. Today’s death roll in India is believed to be considerably below yesterday’s. The death roll throughout India, since the outbreak of the trouble, is at present unascertainable, but at least 61 are dead. “The Times” correspondent at New Delhi says accounts of disorders should not be ailowed to create the impression that the whole of India is in an uproar. The loss of life is insignificant in comparison with the death rolls during communal riots. Railways continue working, as does industry generally. Disorders are spontaneous local outbreaks rather than an organised National movement. Quieter in Bombay “The Times” Bombay correspondent reports that after the Governor’s warning the situation took a definite turn for the better. Trains and trams are fairly normal today and the mill area is quiet. More mills are open. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Bombay correspondent says the improvement is partly attributable to the greatly increased military patrols. Steelhelmeted patrols with fixed bayonets are posted in great strength in the mill area, Incidents today included the burning of three police stations, a bank, and a city post office at Nagpur where the crowd also attempted to burn the power-house and stoned administration buildings. A mob looted a Government grainshop in Bombay. Police at Delhi fired on a crowd which burst into the, post office and threw stamps and postcards into the street and attempted to set fire to them.