MUST TRUST BRITAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 5

MUST TRUST BRITAIN

ADVICEJO INDIA SIKH CONFERENCE LEADER VIOLENCE CONDEMNED (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright* (Recd. 9.5 p.m.) Lahore, Sept. 28. Speaking at the All-lndia Sikh conference, Tarasingh, Sikh leader, condemned acts of violence and appealed to the Indians to stop them. He said: “Britain cannot entrust to India full military responsibility during war. Britain must concentrate on winning the war. You must trust Britain.” A Benares message states that 61 persons convicted of looting and arson were sentenced to six years’ rigorous imprisonment. A collective lino of 19,000 rupees was imposed on 79 villages in the Benares district. PLANES FIR£ON MOBS PATROL OF RAILWAYS New Delhi, Sept. 25. Planes on five occasions machinegunned mobs during the recent disturbances, General Sir Alan Hartley told the Council of State. The atattacks were mostly along the railways near the eastern frontier. Planes patrolled the railways ahead of trains and resorted to machinegunning only when Verey lights failed to disperse the crowds. It is revealed, that 1400 special oolice are guarding the railways of Bihar at an annual cost of £41,000. It is also revealed that 453 persons have been arrested in Delhi since the beginning of the Congress campaign. Police fired twice last night in the Badar area of Bombay, where students demonstrated. Crowds stoned the police and attempted to stoo.buses and trams and started bonfires in the streets with hats, neckties, and other European clothing. A home-made bomb exploded in a Bombay mill without causing damage. Another exploded in a shop at Ahmadabad, causing slight damage. Police fired over a mob in Ahmadabad which stoned a police party engaged in preventing the hoisting of the Congress tricolour on a school building. HITLER WANTED CONCERTED ATTACK (Recd. 8 p.m.) Washington, Sept. 26 Senator Pepper told the Senate it was reported in Washington official circles that Hitler told Japan to delay the attack against India until he was also ready to attack. After that ths Japanese would attack on one side and the Germans on the other.