RISING IN INDIA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1136, 25 May 1911, Page 7

RISING IN INDIA.

VILLAGES BURNED AND L9OTED.

A SERIOUS SITUATION. Dy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlcht Calcutta', May 23. A dispute between Mohammedans and Namasudnis—low caste Hindu ngrieultur- ■ Ms in the Chulna. district—has resulted in a serious situation. A thousand, armed Mohammedans arc looting find hiirniiijf villages. A force of armed police has been sent to the district. EMPIRE DAY IN SYDNEY. _, 9 ROMAN CATHOLIC ATTITUDE. By TeleffraDh—Press Association—Oopyriebt (Ree. May 25,' 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, May 24. Empire Day was celebrated quietly in the city. Admiral King Hall, Commandcr-in-Chiof of tho Australasian Squadron, mado a speech, in which ho referred to tho need of ono Imperial Navy, of which. Australia's ileet should bo an Imperial division. He favoured a local navy rather than a contribution to the British Navy. Professor David also spoke, and said salf-sacrjfico had made tho British Empire what it was. The Koman Catholic parochial schools celebrated Australia Day. Tho Union Jack was absent from the display of bunting on St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral. Mr. Bruce Smith, M.P., declared that Cardinal Moran's nttitudo was like that of a person past childhood's troubles being asked to forget .his father and mother.