INDIAN UNREST.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1922, Page 3

INDIAN UNREST.

CONSIDERABLE UNREST ' L'STIIAI.IAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. 'Received Tins Day at 9.40 a.m.) DELHI, January 28. A crowded extremist meeting at Calcutta on Thursday caused all traffic to be stopped for sevral hours. A large force of police and armed Ghurlcas attempted to disperse the demonstrators, but were stoned. One Sergeant and two constables were wounded. Ultimately the crowds dispersed. The meeting will he held again on Friday. Crowds are refusing to move even when charged, and the police were again stoned, 3 sergeants several constables and a number of the public were injjiflred. Eight arrests were made.

On .the same day, a serious riot occurred at Titagars thirteen miles from Calcutta. Four thousand mill hands demanded the release of an arrested man, who had assaulted the manager, and stoned the police, wounding the deputy superintendent and twelve constables. The police opened fire, killing two and wounding forty. The mob than dispersed. Rreiqau'tionaify measures were taken to prevent the trouble spreading. , Reports from Multan state it is almost impossible to control the extremists who organise daily demonstrations There are indications of civil disobedience in other localities. The Mop fah leaden andl four followers took refuge in a Hindu templt, and fought to the end, all being killed, hy tho Suffolk regiment, who had one seriously wounded. Police in Calcutta arrested eleven Germans, armed with revolvers, from German steamers. One (of them, a German. Lieutenant was formerly a British prisoner of war.