RIOTS IN INDIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 11 January 1921, Page 5

RIOTS IN INDIA

SITUATION IN HAND

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright;). (Australian A N.Z. Cable Association)

DELHI, Jan. 9. Official advices from the riot* area ; state that the situation is in hand, i and the necessary protective measures i arc being enforced. POLTICAL OUTLOOK BLACK ' lord READING’S APPOINTMENT CRITICISED DELHI, Jan. ID. The agrarian riots resulted in heavy levies on peasants by landlords. The riots were the sequel to a number of industrial troubles recently fomented by agitators. These have been characterised by violence, and necessitated tho use of troops, and this has tended to arouse hatred against authority. Tile masses are discontented c v mg to the cost of living and high prices. The political outlook is black. The commercial community of Calcutta and Bombay is faced by the possibility of a general strike in tuo i<ar future. I The appointment of Lord Reading as ( Viceroy Js not altogether approved in j Indian official circles, because boj is of the same faith as Mr. Montague' it is expected he will subordinate tho j vice-royalty to thq India Office, Now j tha Palestine is under Governor Samuels, Air, Montagu at tho India Office, and Lord Reading Viceroy, it is pointed out that Britain’s Eastern policy is in the hands of a Jewish ( triumvirate.