VIOLENCE IN INDIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10896, 10 May 1921, Page 6

VIOLENCE IN INDIA

CANNOT BE TOLERATED PLAIN DECLARATION BY NEW VICEROY. CONFERENCE SUGGESTED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Heater's Telegram SIMLA, May 7. Replying to an address from the Simia Municipality, the Viceroy (Lord Reading) referred to the situation confronting the Government of India, and said that, despite the auspicious start i towards self-government from within the Empire, there was a disregard and defiance of authority in certain quarters. giving cause for serious thought and anxiety. The Government could not permit direct incitements to violence, leading to loss of life, and would deal with these under the criminal law. Referring to the Turkish Treaty, the Viceroy said that information. had reached him which led to the hope that the proposed alteration would satisfy the Indian Moslems’ claim to their sentiments. DELHI, May 8. Raza AIL who recently asked Gandhi to stop the non-co-operation movement temporarily, and give the new Viceroy a chancy, has given notice of a resolution, which he proposes to move at the next session of the Council of State: “That a conference attended by a member of the Government and representatives of all schools of political thought, including the leaders of the non-co-operation movement, should be convened at an early date, under the presidency of the Viceroy, with a view to free discussion on politioal questions; and that no resolutions he adopted by the conference and no minutes kept.” ► A NOTORIOUS FIREBRAND RESISTANCE BY WAZIRIS ADVOCATED. Reuter’* Telegram. DELHI, May 6. Haji Abdur Razac, a notorious firebrand, to whose influence ithe prolongation of the resistance by the Waziristan tribesmen is largely attributed, has issued a formal declaration describing himself as head of the independent country of Waziristan, and that he is supported by Ministers duly elected by the people. He expresses his intention to carry on the war till the British Government is driven out of Waziristan. The tribesmen, excepting the Mahsuds and Waziris, are practically ignoring this and ptbbr fanatical agitators. Their chief concern at present is the severe drought on the frontier and in Eastern Afghanistan.