INDIAN UNREST.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1922, Page 1

INDIAN UNREST.

AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. PRECAUTIONS AT LAHORE. f This Day at 8 30 a.m.) DELHI, Feb. 25. Far reaching precautions iveife taken by the authorities to prevent disorder the frince arrived at Lahore. The route from the station to Government House was kept by 3000 troops, while additional police were drafted into the native, city. Three aeroplanes kept observation over the crowds. Five motor lorries filted with armed infantry witli Lewis guns, as well as three tanks, and three armoured cars were ready to proceed to any threatened point along the entire route. Soldiers and police were posted at intervals behind the lines. Infantry wii’ their backs to the procession kept a close watch on the spectators. Although it cannot hie said that the natives gathered in large numbers, to welcome the Prince, the fact that the welcome was not marred by any demonstration is reassuring. The vigilance of troops was not related lor a single moment. Sentries with fixed bayonets were patrolling the edge of the footways. The Onndhist agitators may have imposed a hartal, but its influence lias not beyond the confines of the native city. When the Prince reached Government House he held a reception to the Punjab princes. ■ hii-li 'ended the official day.