TERRORISM SUBSIDING
BENGAL AREAS IMPROVED. EXCESSES BY TROOPS DENIED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 10 p.m. Calcutta, March 22. The presence of two brigades of British and Indian troops in Midnapore and Chittagong, notorious terrorist areas of Bengal, has assisted in the restoration of public confidence, and the situation has recently enormously improved, said Sir Harry Haig, home member, speaking in the Central Legislature at New Delhi. Sir Harry indignantly repudiated grave charges of excesses and harsh conduct by the troops against the population of the affected areas. He added that the Bengal Government had found the allegations generally greatly exaggerated or without foundation. India’s great regard for the ex-Viceroy, Lord Irwin, found expression at New Delhi yesterday when the Viceroy, Viscount Willingdon, simultaneously unveiled a statue in the Central Legislature grounds and a portrait in the lib* rary. Viscount Willingdon said Lord Irwin’was a great public servant whose sincerity of purpose, simplicity of life and liberalism of ideas endeared him to the hearts of Europeans and Indians alike.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1934, Page 4
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