NO ONE DYING OF FAMINE IN INDIA
AUCKLAND, Jan. 10. If the tensiou arising' from religious .-.trif'e in lndia were not eased, it was possihle the country would be plunge'd into civil war. Tliis was ihe opinion ot a New Zealander, the Very Rev. T. F. Ribble, wlio has returned after some years on missionary work in- the Pun jab. He is a former moderator of the ,\ew Zealand Preslyterian Chureh. He said that the Hindus were in a three to one majority, and tluAlahommedans, fearing they would not get their rights, were claiming that they were a separate nation and should liave a separate governmeiit.. tn a light, the Hindus "would go riglit 'through", he said. The Mahommedaus, he added, were no longer anti-British, but- intercomnuinal. Tlie talk of mi-llions dying of starva tion was a political stunt. There was a searcity in some dist-riets but there had always been a searcity somewhere. No one was dying of famine, It was simply that some politicians wanted tu sell the story, he deelared-.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 January 1947, Page 5
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