PEN OR SWORD.

Shannon News, 3 November 1925, Page 2

PEN OR SWORD.

I STATUE ANNOYS INDIANS. j CALCUTTA, Ocl. 10. | A scnsaiion has been ransed in Laj bore by the mutilation oi' the statue j of Sir John Lawrence, ilie flrsl l.ienI tenant-Governor of the Punjab, who j was afterwards Viceroy of India. [ ■ The pen for Ilie right hand of lite ! statue is missing, and lia.ll' the sword : in the left hand has ln-i'ii broken. The j pieces were found by the police i thrown on a Jawn nearby. ! Police are now guarding (lie statue, { which tor several years has been an j object nf resentment, on the part of ) I'mn, jab extremists because of its ini scription: "Will yon be governed by I the pen or the sword?" i Recently in lad in. the practice of i mutilating statues has been increasi ing, contrary to the. Iraditional atli !. tnde of respect.