SITUATION IN INDIA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 8

SITUATION IN INDIA

GOVERNMENT’S REVIEW CONGRESS ACTIVITIES SOME CASES OF VIOLENCE (British Official Wireless.) Fee. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Doe. 29, The 'Government of India’s weekly appreciation of the situation says reports received from the provincial governments for the first half of December show in most provinces attempts to intensify the various activities of the. civil disobedience movement. Bengal records revived activity in Calcutta, including picketing, and also in the Hooghly district, but in other districts there has been no change of importance. In tho United Provinces there have been several cases of violence, but otherwise the situation has shown tittle change. In Punjab there has been no particular change in the Sikh situation, and attempts to revive agitation and picketing are not serious in extent. Revived activity lias been particularly marked in Bihar and Orssa, where in several districts there, has been a general increase of interest in the civil disobedience movement, which has taken the form of picketing, the circulation of false rumors calculated to increase the excitement and unrest, and the encouragement, of the nonpayment of faxes. There were several instances of violent resistance to the police.

The situation in Madras continued very satisfactory, ami in the Central Provinces and Assam attempts to revive enthusiasm met with little success.

On December 2:’> the GovernorGeneral promulgated two ordinances providing for the hotter control of the press and the prevention of instigation to refuse the payment of certain liabilities. The reasons necessitating this action wove given by the Gover-nor-Gen oral in a statement on the promulgation of the ordinances, but it may be mentioned that the deterioration in tone of the press had been, very rapid, and there lias been a very definite intensification of the. no-tax campaign, especially in the United Provinces. Bombay City, lias been comparatively quiet during the week-end. Reports from Gujerat show that, there is still a considerable migration from British territory to that of adjacent Indian States, which is partly due to the organised intimidations and resentment. among all classes, f .Til Punjab and Lahore meetings have expressed condemnation of the terrorist, movement. CONFERENCE RESUMES SHOULD END NEXT MONTH (British Official Wireless.) Red. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 29. ‘ The Indian Conference, resumed work to-dav after the Christmas recess, when tlie North-west Frontier Province subC'hmmitleo met under the chairmanship of Air. A. Henderson. The Prime Afinister hopes that in bread outline the task of the Conference will be completed before the end of January, and, if possible, before Parliament reassembles on January 20. Tho Prime Minister was in consultation on Saturday, and again yesterday, with the Secretary for India, the Post-master-General, and officials and advisers of the India Office. The work already done was reviewed, and much consideration given to further means to be taken to assist the conference.