INDIAN UNREST.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1921, Page 3

INDIAN UNREST.

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BOMBAY RIOTS. (Received This Day at 8 30 a.m.) DELHI, Nov. 20. Tile native quarter of Bombay, where the rioting occurred, comprises roughly H square miles including the chief bazaar, a veritable AYarren, with tortuous, narrow streets. I mlcr these conditions the- police and military bail great difficulty in dealing with elusive gangs of rioters who disappear into the side"streets the moment the former appear. So far as is known twenty rioters were killed and over seventy seriously wounded during the skirmishes. The forces engaged were too small to cope with the mass of the native population numbering nearly lialf a million, and including forty thousand Barsees. No Europeans dare walk abroad unguarded. Numbers .of isolated pel'.-, posts were attacked and two were burned down. Bonfires of European goods were made in the streets and grog shops were also looted and burned. In retaliation for the Gandhist attacks, Parsecs organised a. volunteer force to guard shops and homes. Patlians joined forces with Alohamt* dans in factional troubles. No doubt ihe youthful hooligan element was .strong in the rioting, but there are indications of serious, determined antiEuropean sentiments, which can only bo countered by tho firmest mcasiiies.

Latest reports state the position ts improving.

UNREST IN INDIA. (Received This Day at 1.30 p.m.) DELHI, November 21.

Bombay newspapers say it is fully time Gandhi was arrested. His tearful protestations are possibly sincere, but Gandhi is the root of the trouble. He is self-condemned that lie is unable to control bis non-violent followers.

The Bengal Government has declared the extremist volunteer corps unlawful at Calcutta. As the result of numerous raids by police lorries, extremist officers documents, books and tlags were seized and many arrests made.

The Bengal Government lias issued n communique that the limits permissible of agitation have been passed. Citizens are intimidated, police terrorised and loyalty tampered with.

It is officially announced in view of the existing disorder, that the gathering of school children arranged to be held in the Park on Tuesday lias been cancelled, for fear of mob violence. The Prince's visit to tile Prince of Wales Museum lias been abandoned and the review rally of lay scouts and girl guides for Tuesday, altered.