INDIAN RIOTS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1930, Page 5

INDIAN RIOTS

•. it+r - - SIMON REPORT,

INDIAN VIEWS

[United Press Association—By Eleetr Telegraph.—Copy right.]

DELHI, June 11

The general attitude of the Congress Party towards Die Simon Report is summed up by a, local extremist, Dr Bidhnm Chand.r.ardy,' who contemptuously says I have, not read the report and am noty going to do so. The Calcutta Nationalist journal “Basumti,’- says, the first part of the Report of God’s, seven chosen Englishmen is out. If, has. cost the Indian taxpayer a sum of money- which might annually have saved hundreds of poor peasants from, tiding,, from a preventible disease. ", V ,Q Moslems on the other hand warmly welcome what, J: they call a masterly survey of the ,Indian, situation, characterised ,by the most., commendable spirit of sympathy and fairness.

CONSTABLE MURDERED

DELHI, June 10,

. ' .Revolutionary, activities ; of the Nationalist Congress workers among,, the simple yjUftgers.)of o .Western Bengjal are responsible,,fpr ;i an,.agitation leading to the mut.#r ~pf a. police officer near Daspur. The, (agitators, who, were imported .from ,Calcutta, spread atrocious falsehoods among the peasants/ asserting that the •.Government' had been overthrown by the Nationalist Congress, and that, the payment of taxes had been,.abolished. They were excellently organised, having a secret postal service of.,..couriers travelling between the villages, and the big centres of in Bengal. The ' agjta.tors instigated .villagers to kill a police wljiie other missing officers are belieyed to be captives in a jungle. fate is uncertain. Armed police from Calcutta raided an agitators’ camp at Bandar, near Midapore,; 'aijd *aiWted thirty. . A detachment of Eastern Frontier Rides are patrolling the area. j (As -the; resultpjq|*4he. police: firing to disperse crowds .at Thottopalayan, near Vellore, imiMadras; when Hindus and Moslems clashed during the Moslem festival of MMuhamm,” two were killed and six were injured.