TENSION EASED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1920, 1 December 1913, Page 7

TENSION EASED.

NATIVE PRESS CONCILIATORY. INDIANS IN NATAL.; Hy Telegraph—Press Associatioii-eojm'iElit London, November 28 I»(» -vital Indian Association's cable " ,PSS »K C a'lcgPS that tho position is in. toiisciy serious, and that tho military «nu ponce arc using arms to force the strikers to resume. Four Indians were |>.l!ec[ at Blackburn, and sixty-six injured, twelve seriously. The casualties fluo probably more, but llu; Government muses facilities for investigation-; Tho asswmtwn trusts that the .Imperial and indum Governments will immediately": intervene. Tho association also reports' t thirteen of tins slrilso loaders woro arrested. , i Neuter s Dellu correspondent- states tjiai Lord Hardmge's speech lias cased t.ie tension. The native press is more conciliatory. Meetings have expressed giatitude for Lord Hardinge's outspokenness. The "Times of India"-declares:that owing to General Botha's evasion*' oiis his fiOinwatioi'iß. .. . Bombay "Chronicle" . aavs that General Botha's speech was inspired by a tone of lofty superiority and' almost contempt o! Indian claims. Tho Bombay."Gazette" savs that Lord Hardinge's speech is not calculated to dimunsli the difficulties and may objure Tndian grievances in a controversy | involving greater issues.

HUNDREDS OF AH RESTS,: •■" SIXTY M.OBB OX STRIKE, .. i Durban, November. 2ii. ■ Inreo hundred and sistv-fivo..lndians ihavo been arrosted in the "IWiltloti Val ey, whom the coast strike origin;ated. :.. . . . hundred have been arrested jin tlie Zjiudand coal area ' | Sixty inoro Indians liavo slniek ?+ ! (irpytoAvn. j SKR.roas AIXECJATIOXS:. ■ ■ j ACIAINS'I' AN* ENGLISiniiVX. Firnes' .Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. , , . °°3e town, Xovembcr 20. Aim!«rits arc being iiled at, .Pietera "sdiiie ma.ii witli jorciiig open Indians' premises after the' latter had refused work. It is ..diced that he then llnggc-d them wifii sjamholiß sticks until five were unconscious, they were kept iii the closest custody, the Jv.sglisinnan demos tho charges.

UNIVERSAL BELIEF. MAY LEAD TO GRAVE RESULTS. (Rec. November 30, 5.5 jj.ni.) Delhi, Xovefiiber 29. Tho Hon. Gopal Krishna Gokltale, representative -ji non-official members of bom bay Legislature on the Viceroy's Legislntivi* Council, d-olivered si speech before the Delhi South African Committee, and said that, rightly or wrm-i.gly. thero was a universal belief tiiroufiiout India that tho Imperial Government -.\j33 far more solicitous tor tlie feelings of the Europeans in South Africa than for the hundreds of millions ot Indian subjects. It such a belief were- iillowcd to grow into ;i settled conviction, it' iniglit lead to the gravest results in India and throughout the Empire. Fortunately tho Viceroy's courageous utterances had greatly mitigated the danger, showing.the people of India that their own Government* was doing its utmost lor them.

INDIAN COMPLAINTS FAIL. ON GROUND OF MiEVAHICATION. (Ree. November 30, 5.5 p.m.) Metermariizburg, November-29. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Duncan .Maekonsiie commanding the Natal Carbineers,' was prpsecutcd for forcing; Indians to woi-'le throughout Sundays, for supplying short rations, and for flogging tiicm oil. the slightest provocation. 'J'he magistrate rejected llic ctidccco of the six complainants and their witmsssps oil the ground of -prcraricatiori cn all material points. Sir Duiican jiac*. kenzie, it appeared, supplied better food than was prescribed by tlio statute, whilo the work on Sundays was confined to milking cows.