SITUATION IN INDIA.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 9 December 1930, Page 11

SITUATION IN INDIA.

ACUTE POSITION INDICATED WARNING TO VICEROY. DEL Ell, December 7. Evidence of the acuteness of political feeling in Calcutta is furnished by the action of Dr. Urquhart, principal of the Scottish Church College, who has written to the Viceroy (Lord Irwin) and Lady Irwin requesting them to abandon their engagement to attend the forthcoming college centenary celebrations, as information has been received that "an attempt emanating from outside sources will be made to mar the harmony of the proceedings on the occasion of your visit." FOOD FROM THE AIR. TROOPS SUPPLIED BY AEROPLANES. DELHI, December 7. Food supplies for 1000 men during two days' moving from Dargai to Chitral were dropped from aeroplanes by parachutes. Fourteen machines delivered three tons every day, making four journeys from the base over difficult mountainous country. Forty-eight of 5G para-chute-loads were delivered safely on the first day, and every load but two on tho second. TROUBLE IN AFGHANISTAN. FORCE OF BRIGANDS ACTIVE. DELHI, December 7. Nadir Shah, the King of Afghanistan, is confronted with a serious problem in Badakahan, the most northerly province, where a young Robin Hood has arisen in the person of Ibrahim Beg, a tribesman who is terrorising the province with a force of brigands estimated to number 10,000 to 16,000. the riff-raff various tribes and absconders from ine law. All are fully armed. Many towns and villages have been sacked and the inhabitants are fleeing to Kabul.