THE INDIAN RISINGS.
nature op outbreaks. DAMAGE DONE TO RAILWAYS.
BRITISH RULE ENDANGERED. By Telocracli—Press Association— Copyricht. (Received 7.10 p.m.) Times. LONDON. -Tan. 5. Bombay telegrams report that the, widespread nature of the Indian risings is disclosed in the latest evidence before the Hunter Commission. All classes at Kasur, an aggregation of fortified hamlets, 30 miles south from Lahore, attacked the British, shouting "English rule is ended." They beat two British soldiers to death. Forty leaders of the uprising were given 18 strokes. A gallows was erected in a public place, but not used. Mobs at Gujranwala, 40 miles north of Lahore, burned the railway station and bridges. Aeroplanes used bombs and machine guns against the town and neighbouring Tillages for two days, setting fire to various buildings. Similar outbreaks were described at 14 places, the natives always beginning with the destruction of the railways upon which frontier armies are depending. The railway authorities used an armoured train which fired on various villages with machine guns.
The traffic manager of the northwestern railway stated that the system was paralysed for 20 days, and British rule seriously endangered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17361, 7 January 1920, Page 7
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