INDIA REPORT

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1930, Page 5

INDIA REPORT

PESHAWAR TROUBLE. AX IMPROVING POSITION. (Official Wireless.) (Received this day at noon.) RUGBY, Aug. 11. Litt’.e further nems is available from Peshawar owing to the presence oi trooirs, obviously adequate to deal with the situation. No alarm lias been displayed by the populace of the city during the present trouble. .Measures taken by the Air Force Lave prevented any large concentration ’ey liosc-ile tribesmen and tiiope remain,ing in British territory are split into small, and somewhat elusive parties, who have occasionally percolated to the outskirts of the city. When these are located they are promptly dealt with by defending troops.

jihe .intention .was reported that the main body of Lnshkars should deliver an attack on the night of the Sth, white detachments already in the district created a diversion. No attack, however, was carried out 4 ou tli city or cantonments

Although the casualties among Al'ridis are believed to be severe, the paudttione nvake thorn difficult to estimate with any accuracy. No casualties have been, reported among British troops and those among Indian troops have beep very slight.

There have., been serious communal disturbances; in, Sind,,- The .disorder commenced irpSukkur, but has; spread to Ilohri and to, adjacent villages, The. origin is reported to have been a dispute between members of Swarajist procession,,-and Mohammedan Tonga driver, exaggerated, accounts of which gave rise to alarmist, rumours, followed by serious clashes between the two communities. The casualties have been serious and latest reports indicate the situation is not yet under complete control. Provincial -reports describing the sijtuKtilon during the )ast fortnight of July are the most favourable received for some months. In Madras the decline in lawless activities ie becoming more marked and in. many districts' the! attempts to defy the law are half-hearted and. readily abandoned. . . *■