DISTURBANCES IN INDIA

Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1930, Page 9

DISTURBANCES IN INDIA

POSITION UNDER CONTROL

FEW CLASHES WITH POLICE

PARTIAL HARTAL OBTAINS . i - British Wireless. ~ Rugby, May 7. Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the situation in India, the Secrc tary of State for India, Captain Wedgwood Benn, read a Large number of telegrams he had received.

The latest news from the Punjab .related to Sunday and Monday, when all was quiet except for a partial hartal jin consequence of Gandhi’s arrest. At Lahore a European sergeant and picket, sent to prevent interference with the light railway, were surrounded by a large crowd but fought their way out. An inspector and sergeant had to fire 15 rounds each. No casualties were reported and the situation was now in hand.

Another telegram reported the necessity for a police superintendent firing seven rounds at a crowd, and it was believed the ringleader was hit. A railway police station was reported to have been entered by 500 volunteers.

A telegram .received from Bengal this morning reported all was quiet on the Hoogi and at Howrah. At Chittagong four raiders were stated to have been killsd. Captain Wedgwood Benn thought this referred to the raid of a few days ago. Messages from the Chief Commissioner of Police dealt with, yesterday’s disorders at Delhi, in one of which demonstrators wrecked a cart in which a deputy-comnris-sioner and senior superintendent of police were sitting. The casualties were not yet known, although it was reported that 30. or 40 injured had reached the police station or the hospital. The latest report from Bombay, dated May 6, stated that, generally speaking, the situation was still quiet. Following the arrest of Gandhi a large meeting held in Bombay was conducted peacefully. A hartal started, on Monday and continued on Tuesday. In the mill area 44 mills, or more than 50 per cent, of the whole, were still at work. Troops continued to be held in readiness in the Surat, but the situation was quiet and some shops were still open. . . . ' - A message received this morning from Burma stated that according to reports received no disturbances had occurred m Burma on Monday or Tuesday. OFFERS TO SERVE IN INDIA. Rec. 10.30 p.m. Adelaide, May 8. A number of single unemployed soldiers have offered for service or duty in the military or police force in India.