THE INDIAN RISING.
A HEAVY MORTALITY. (By Cable.) LONDON, May 16 (delayed). Reports from India show that the recent rising was serious and well-organised. The moderation of the authorities at Delhi encouraged the mob to resort to extreme violence at Lahore and Amritsar, where several white people were killed. At both these places the military authorities were compelled to use severe reprisal measures. A great mob overawed one quarter of Amritsar, and machine guns were played on them. The Gurkha troops could not be restrained, and a thousand lives were lost. Equally severe repression was resorted to at Lahore, and it is believed that 4000 were killed or wounded altogether. These energetic measures were not expected by the native leaders, and the difficulty simmered down.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 26
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125THE INDIAN RISING. Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 26
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