INDIAN REBELLION
TAUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]
DEFENCE OF GENERAL DYER
(Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) PET,ITT, May 29.
English papers in India,. commenting on the Hunter Report, strongly defend, General Dyer, declaring he saved the Punjab. Indian papers "assert that •while the majority report white-wash-ed Dyer, it will only deepen the feeling caused by the happenings in the Punjab.
THE AMRITSAR REPORT. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.} LONDON, May 30.
There is widespread criticism for and x against the Amritsar report. Leading Anglo-Indians generally support Dyer. Lord Sydenham, in an article, declares if the rebellion in Punjab had succeeded it would have been a drsas- . to, of the first magnitude. Dyers action cannot be justly condemned by anyone, who has followed closely recent events in India.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1920, Page 3
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