EXODUS FROM INDIA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2029, 16 August 1920, Page 7

EXODUS FROM INDIA.

THE MOSLEM AGITATION. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (A. A N.Z.) DELHI, Aug. 14. The emigration of Indian Moslem* to Afghanistan as a protest against the Turkish peace terms is assuming alarming proportions. About 20,000 have crossed the frontier. This is a result of the preaching of the mullahs, who declare that Moslems remaining in India will become outcasts. Lying reports have also been spread that the Holy Places at Mecca and Medina are in the hands of the British, and have been desecrated or destroyed. Many small landowners who sold everything in order to emigrate, are starving at the Khyber Pass. Many have returned to India with stories of ill-treatment at the hands of tho Afghans. The constant influx is becoming so inconvenient that the Ameer has ordered a stoppage of the movement until further notice.