O'DWYER LIBEL ACTION.
GENERAL DYER'S ACTION. COMMENT BY THE JUDQE. HALF-A MILLION LIVES SAVED. (Australian snd N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, May 5. During the hearing of the libel action by Sir Michael O'Dwyer, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, aeainst Sir Sankarin Nari, the author of "Gandhi and Anarchy," counsel for the defence raised the issue as to the propriety of General Dyer's action. Mr Justice. McCardie asked: "If what General Dyer did was necessary for the prevention of anarchy, can it be said he was wrong?" and added: "If 500 were killed half a million were saved. The police had 'completely lost control. You seem to be ignoring the grave consequences that might have followed if General Dyer's force had been destroyed." Later Mr Justice McCardie interposed that he could not see a distinction in principle between a policeman's bludgeon and a soldier's rifle or an aviator's bomb in suppressing a rebellion. The hearing was adjourned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15980, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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