RIOT SITUATION IMPROVES

Chronicle (Levin), 21 May 1947, Page 5

RIOT SITUATION IMPROVES

Pr&ss Assn.

SOME FIRES STILL BIIRNM IN LAHORE

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, Received Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. . NEW DELHI, May 20. A Punjab Government communique has reported a distinct improvement in the situation iri Lahore'j though some fires are still burning. The police fired in one of a few incidents when six incendiary bombs were thrown at a house. The police killed two when they were forced to fire on rioters in a Lahbte suburb.

The Lahore police are seeking a troop of armed Sikhs who, in a jeep at dawn on Su'nday, aitempted to attack Moslems. They found eleven unifotmed ri'nd fully armed State militiamen of the Sikh State of Faridkot in a house at Lahore belo'nging to the Rajah of Faridkot, Sir Har Indar Singh. The Governor of Punjab, Sir Evan Jenkins, escorted by police i with fixed bayonets, walked | Lahore's streets, where the popula- j tion under curfew raised a tumult j of war songs a'nd slogans that ! could be heard far miies. The 1 night curfews are to continue. j More Trouble in Calcutta At Calcutta three were killed a'nd 40 injured today in 20 outbreaks of shooting, acid throwing and arson. Troops and police fired eight j roirnds to disperse a cfowd I

^ttempting to burn a house. They fired again when a bomb was fiung at a tram in a suburb oi Howrah. Disturbances are mainly confined to easterh areas. The police have arrested 177. May be Called to Londoii The Daily Mail's political correspontiUnt says Mr. Attlee is considerihg Lord Mountbatten's proposal that instead of his meeti'ng the Indian leaders ' at Delhi on une 2 as at present arranged they should be summoned to London for a round table conference whereat a final effort would be made to reach some understanding or agreement with ' the Brit•_h Government. Mr. Attlee will not finally decide on the proposal jntil after the special Cabinet meeting next Thursday whicli Lord Mountbatten will.attend.