EASTERN AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1921, Page 2

EASTERN AFFAIRS

INDIAN FRONTIER AFFRAYS,

HKUTKH’s TELEGRAMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

(Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.)

DELHI,-Feb. 1

Sections of the Wazir tribesmen who continued recalcitrant after the British expedition, destroyed the village of Hakim whose tribesmen surrendered more rifles in accordance with the terms of the recent agreement. Alahouds also continue attacks on British pickets and convoys. As the result of skirmishes a number of casualties has been reported on both sides. THE DUKE’S VISIT.

(Received This Day at 10.35 a.m.: DELHI, Feb. ]

The Duke of Connaught formally inaugurated the Bengal Legislative Council in the Town Hall, Calcutta, in the presence of' the new Indian Ministers and members of the Executive Council. Big crowds lined the streets and cheered the Duke, whose speech outlined the heavy responsibilities conferred upon the new Council, in far reaching changes which its inauguration portended. The Duke said lie cherished great expectations regarding the era now dawning upon India, in which Indian members would be associated with their European fellow citizens.

The Governor of Bengal, in a speech, dwelt on the changes involved under the reformed scheme. The number of rioters, which formerly was twelve thousand, was now over a million. Ho appealed to Bengalese and British members to work together • in unity. GANDHI EXPLAINS. (Received this day at 10.20 a.m.) DELHI, Feb. 1. Gandhi sent a letter to the Duke of Connaught, explaining the reasons for the boycott of his visit to Calcutta, which he says is meant as a demonstration against the system, not against the Duke. Non-co-operators wtpe seeking to destroy the system which made the recent happenings under General Dyer possible, and resulted in a wanton affront to Islam. Gandhi adds that the Duke’of Connaught has come to India, not to end, but to sustain the system, and asks him and every Englishman to try and appreciate the non-co-operators viewpoint.