AFFAIRS IN INDIA
DISORDER IN CALCUTTA EUROPEANS ATTACKED IN BENGAL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright CALCUTTA, September 18. According to the newspaper “Englishman,” the deportation of the agitator Lajpat Rai was duo to native, officers informing their colonels tha.t the troops’ loyalty was doubtful it ’no was allowed to continue his speeches, and unless the Punjab Land Colonies Bill was vetoed. The Government was unwilling to veto the measure, but Lord Kitchener insisted. A sentence of half a year’s imprisonment was passed on the Calcutta extremist leader, Begim Chandra Pal. This caused prolonged disorder in the street, a crowd attacking the police and also hissing the Chief Presidency Magistrate. BENGAL, September 13. There have been numerous assaults on Europeans in Eastern Bengal. Hundreds witnessed the assaults, yet the police were unable to procure evidence.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6315, 16 September 1907, Page 7
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