INDIAN INDIGNATION.
THE TROUBLE IN NATAL. PROTEST FROM BOMBAY. RELIEF FUNDS GROWING. "KILL WHITE DACOriS." By Tolegraph-Pross Association-Copyright. '(Received December 11. 10.25 p.m.) Bombay, December 11. The Aga Khan (spiritual head of the Moslems in India), who presided yesterday over a representative meeting in Bombay, said there was no parallel in modern Indian history, for the intensity of feeling aroused by the South African occurrences.
If any foreign country had so treated Englishmen, it would have been treated as a casus belli. Public opinion in India refused to believe that the Imperial Government was helpless. There was a painfully obvious conviction that Britain was unwilling to help her foster-chil-dren, and this must shake fie confidence in the Imperial power and deal a blow to the prestige of the Empire.
The speaker paid a tribute to Viscount Hardinge's outspokenness. The Viceroy's speech had subdued the fiery passions 01 India.
Relief funds are being rapidly raised for the benefit of Indians in Natal, i
A bomb was ycsWday thrown, fortunately without effect, at a Mahommcdan procession in Midnapur. It is believed that the missile was aimed at Abdur Rahman, a police informer. Several towns in Eastern Bengal have been placarded, calling on the people to exterminate the "white Dacoits."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15481, 12 December 1913, Page 7
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