AT ALL COSTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1942, Page 4

AT ALL COSTS

ORDER TO BE MAINTAINED

DECLARATION BY GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY.

RENEWAL OF RIOTING IN SOME AREAS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 11. Twenty-eight persons were killed and 200 injured in rioting throughout India up to four o’clock this afternoon. The Governor of Bombay, Sir Roger Lumley, broadcasting, said: “I am going to maintain order at any cost. 1 now give a plain warning that the troops and police have been ordered to take the strongest measures wherever they are necessary.” Further Government measures against rioting include the application of the Emergency Whipping Act. Rioting in the northern sector of Bombay City took a grave turn today. It is now unsafe for anyone to appear in this area wearing a western hat or necktie. The police opened fire in four places this morning and troops on two occasions participated in firing on riotous crowds, but, as when the police were involved, only a few shots were fired each time.

Troops patrolling in armoured cars discouraged demonstrators considerably in other cities. Reports indicate that Poona and Ahmadabad are quiet. Arrests of prominent members of the Congress Party continue in various provinces. The provincial governments are implementing the banning of Congress committees. The authorities in Allahabad have prohibited all processions and meetings for ten days. The position in North Bombay grew worse this afternoon with a dislocation of suburban rail services. A large crowd attacked the Matunga Railway Station, smashing indicators, invading the booking office and pulling down ticket shelves. The crowd then broke up into groups, smashing fire hydrants, fire alams and lamp posts. The Matunga Post Office has been closed after the cutting of telegraph and telephone wires. Rioters also cut several gas mains. Bonfires in the streets were fed with trees uprooted from the streets, hats, neckties and other articles of European clothing snatched from pass-ers-by and also copies of the Britishowned “Times of India” newspaper. There was no trading in any of the markets in Bombay today. Schools and colleges closed or had very scanty attendances. Mobs of students demonstrated, parading before shops to prevent their reopening. The East India Cotton Association, the biggest cotton market in India, is closing until August 15. More mills have closed in Bombay. Disturbances occurred in Delhi's busiest street this morning. Rioters, after setting fire to a fire engine and lorry, attempted to set fire to a municipal hall. The police opened fire, killing one person and wounding another. British troops were called out and are now patrolling the area.

COWARDLY BETRAYAL OF TROOPS SHEDDING BLOOD FOR INDIA. DENOUNCED BY PREMIER OF PUNJAB. (Received. This Day, 12.30 p.m.), LONDON, August 11. Sikandar Hyat Khan, Premier of the Punjab, visiting troops in the Western Desert, said: “The Congress Party’s unpatriotic attitude is a cowardly betrayal of the Motherland and of hundreds of thousands of gallant countrymen who are shedding their blood thousands of miles from home, to save India from subjugation to Fascism.” “I am confident,” he declared, . “that all patriotic Indians will see to it that the men fighting our battles are not betrayed.” CHINESE OPINION SAID TO FAVOUR CONGRESS LEADERS. PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT DESIRED. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 11. The Associated Press of Great Britain’s Chungking correspondent reports that Mr Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan, said Chinese sympathy was entirely with the Indians. It is understood that the Chinese Press tomorrow will proclaim its support of the Indian Congress Party leaders and urge the British to strive for a peaceful settlement. The correspondent said it was impossible to predict the effect of China’s attitude on Anglo-Chinese relations, but the Chinese official reaction clearly, is crystallising in favour of India. The Indian problem is crucial for. China, because of the supply routes via India.