POLICE STONED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1916, 26 November 1913, Page 7

POLICE STONED.

THE INDIAN STRIKERS MARCH THROUGH DURBAN. PRETORIA NATIVES BREAK LOOSE. • COWED BY RIFLE FIRE, By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyTig-fof Durban, November 24. A thousand Indians from Umziirto, 37 miles from Durban, marched to tho Magistracy and demanded the- release of a compatriot charged with theft. The Magistrate refused, and the Indians returned to their barracks, but en route stoned the police. NATIVE RIOTS. LOOTING TIIE COMPOUNDS. Pretoria, November 24. A mob of 5000 natives attacked the Shanghan compound and looted tlio stores. Tho damago is estimated at £3000. A detachment of twenty police fired two (olleys and restored order. Another mob of five thousand natives looted the .Premier mine. The police fired, killing three and wounding twenty-two of tho rioters. DISTORTED REPORTS. GENERAL BOTHA HOTLY PROTESTS. (Rec. November 25, 11.25 p.m.) Cape Town, November 25. At tlio National Congress of South Africa, General Botha, tlio Prime Minister, hotly protested against the allegations as to ill-treatment- of . Indians, which, ho said, would do incalculable harm. Ho expressed surprise that responsible statesmen would go so far as to question tbo Govornnient.'s good faith. If the Government's accusers did not abandon that attitude he saw very little hope for tho future. He regretted that false allegations had been circulated by irresponsible s. Groat responsibility rested upon the English and Indian Press in this matter. Tho Government bad exercised the greatest consideration and generosity to the Indians, wlio had really declared . war against tho South African laws. Tho Government would maintain law and order at all costs, and would do everything to seo that no one in connection with, the Natal strike was ill-treated by whites. Ho added that- the. coloured races who looked to tho whites for justice should receive it.