FIJIAN RIOTS
INFHCENCE OF INDIAN UNREST.
That tho Indian riots, which occurred in Fiji in February, were really the reflex of the present unre.it in India is the opinion of Mr Hedstrom, of Fiji, who arrived in Sydney last week. . The absoufce of any organisation among the strikers, he said, was proof that there was something besides n-dustrial disi-atirfactjoa at the bottom of the trouble. “Although the avowed cause of the riots was a demand for increased wages/’ said Mr Hedstrom, “this was probably a mere pretext. Only Indians were concerned, and they made no pie—vious representation to their employers for an increase in wages. Considering the pinch of high prices, an increase would probably have been granted, and the trouble would have been averted.’ •Mr Hedstrom said the Fiji Islands wore in a prosperous condition at tho time of. his departure.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10560, 10 April 1920, Page 10
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