INDIAN UNREST

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 157, 29 March 1920, Page 5

INDIAN UNREST

REPORT OF NATIONAL CONGRESS COMMISSION OFFICIAL MEASURES, CONDEMNED By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Hoc. March 27, 5.5 p.m.) Delhi, March 26. Tho Commission appointed by the Indian. National Congress to inquire into the Punjab dborders last April has published its report, thus Anticipating-tho Hunter inquiry. The report maintains that the Vicorey never took the trouble to examine tho people's grievances, proved himself incapable, of holding high office, and demands his recall. The repart denies the existence of a lonspiracy to overthrow the British Government and asserts that there was no reasonable justification for martial law.' Tho measures taken wero unnecessarily cruel and oppressive. Tho mob excesses were deeply to bo regretted, and are condemned. Tho Aniritsnr nft'air is described as a calculated piece of iiihunianity towards Utterly innocent, unarmed men, and also children, and unparalleled in its ferocity in modern British administration. The measures taken were such as to disgrace any Government calling itself civilised. The report asserts that nearly 1200 lives were lost, and at least "3000 men were wounded, somo permanently disabled, and 1 that Sir Michael O'Dwyer invited violence from tho people so that he could crush them. Tho report demands tho repeal of tho Rowlatt Act, and that Sir Michael O'Dwyer, General Dyer, Colonel Johnson, and others l>e relieved of their duties—Aus.-N.Z, Cablo Assn.