IN INDIA

Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1930, Page 5

IN INDIA

MANY CASUALTIES

[United Press Association—By Electric

Telegraph.—Copyright.]

DELHI, Aug. y 5

Seven people were killed and over one hundred and fifty people were injured in fiene rioting between Hindus and Aloslems in Sukkur, a town iij. t Sind. The town is at present overcrowded by refugees from the flooded areas. Hindus stoned a Moslem mosque,, upon which a crowd of infuriated Moslems, armed with axes, knives and bamboo poles, attacked Hindu merchants and looted their shops. ’’ Tjie combatants were eventually seby the police. The police fired, .on the mob.

were five more people killed, and niqpv injured, when the police fired tq.,gjiell a riot between Hindus and Moslems a.t Ballia, a town in t-he ‘United Provinces.

,J A Hindu procession of several thousand, was being held, which passed a Moslem mosque in defiance of a police ban,." The procession was attacked by 'Hundreds ,of -.a ngryi Moslems, who were with bamboos. l- ; \ ______

,T: ’ v... TROOPS OFFERED. : BY BALUCHI LANDLORDS i ..I- DELHI, Aug. 5, Baluchi land-owners, of Dera Ghazi Kfiaq,. have offered the Punjab Government two thousand men, including five hundred horsemen,, for use in connection,.,with the disturbed conditions throughout the country.

*' The*© landowners -state the Baluchi have, faith in British justice, and their loyalty to the Crown is steadfast and ’unshaken.

MALADMINISTRATJON CHARGE.

COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT.

■ (Received this uay at 10.30 a.m.) DELHI, August 5. The,, committee, appointed, by the 'Government of India- to inquire into the .pcharges v of. Maladministration against,fMaharaja. Patiala, leader of the Sikfia party and one of the; richest Indian-Princes, .reported that the evidence, failed to substantiate the charges which were Shown to be the- outcome of -conspiracy between certain individuals and public bodies, with the abject of villifying the Maharaja and disgracing him - in' the eyes of liis subjects and the Government. ; ■

THE WEEKLY REVIEW. ' (Official Wireless.) (Received this dav at. 11a.r0.) \ R-UGB¥, Aug. o. ; .‘The Government of India’s appreciation of the situation up to last Saturday, states: Subject to the comments below, there has been no change during the week and the improvement manifested during the past few weeks hag been' maintained. Ih'Waziristan, settlement with various Mnhsud eeotfo'ns, is proceeding very satisfactorily. ’ '•

On the northern border of Peshawar district, the situation'remained somefirha.t 1 dbschre throughout the. week, biit there has been no overt act of hostility. :' '• 1 • • '• : " ,! "

■'''There is no change in the situation iW Bannu City in the north-west frontier province. The process of disarming the disaffected portions in the rural area wus continued throughout the week. / During the week it hn.s been necessary . to apply the prevention of ordinance t'o the Central Intimidation Provinces where picketing has become more intense, and the methods more forsible of unlawful instigation.

•'■ The ordinance, which makes penal, instigation to non-payment of land revenue ,-or other, dues, has been applied to jlTnitedv Provinces where Congress •propaganda, has been carried on. ■'■ln some villages, the breach of forest daws .appears, to be extending in the: Central Provinces, and in Bombay Preside’ncy, and in some places it has beep , accompanied by vvilful damage to 'standing'ti;ees, -.

l! ‘ The picketing of schools and colleges continues in some towns, and in Calcutta, has necessitated the-successive postponement of certain law examina“iioris.

Generally, however, this part of the Congress programme does not appear to be/achiev'ng any considerable success.

The position in Gujerat continues to improve. More village officers have withdrawn their resignations, and in several districts the collection of land revenue is proceeding better than was expected. The economic position in Bombay is

deteriorating. On Ist. August six mills closed, down, involving 13,000 • •operatives. It js anticipated that other., mills will close in the early future',. owing to the inability to finance ■further production. (The economic effects of civil disobedience movement is not confined to -Bombay, although they perhaps are ;thost pronounced in that city. In Amritsar which is an important centre of the piece goods trade, the •ban ; on foreign goods resulted in the locking up of a very large amount of capital, with the inevitable consequences that trade and finance were •seriously affected, and that the movement of'lndian made goods is impeded. It i$ reported that the sales oi piecegoods dropped in the month of June from an average of 25 to 2 lahks.

... The Madras Government report in several places large numbers of weavers have been thrown out of employ-

ment owing to the civil disobedience movement. The operation of economic forces may he expected to encourage increasing opposition to the continuance of the movement. Subject to the above remarks the position in the various provinces is as stated in last week’s appreciation.