IN INDIA

Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1931, Page 5

IN INDIA

124 KILLED AT CAWNPORE. 100 HOUSES BURNED. ..Dinted P*«M!a Association.—P j Electric lelegrcyn.— copyright. J DELHI, .March 28. Ihe death roll in the rioting at Cawnpore is officially stated at 124. including SO Moslems and 35 Hindus. Several women and children are among the victims. It is estimated Lie wounded total lour hundred, the majority of whom are Moslems. 'Over on,, hundred houses wi re burned, and mr.eh property damaged. One hundred and fillv arrests were made.

The people are in a panic. Ten thousand have fled from the city, and business has been suspended. The food supplies from the nearby villages have broken down. Armoured cars and troops, and 1200 armed police are pa,[rolling the streets. Requests lor martial law have been refused. NATi ON A L CO NG R ESS. CONFIDENCE IN GANDHI. DELHI, March 28. The Nn donal Congress Working Committee at Karachi, has passed a resolution, confirming th,. Delhi Agreement between the Viceroy and Mr Gandhi. It, has also voted confidence in Mr Gandhi and has appointed him head of the Conference Delegation to London, Other resolutions reaffirmed the goal of complete independence with th e Indian control of tlm Army, foreign relations, finance and fiscal policy, and the release of all the political prisoners. The Na'n J a wan Sasha, or the Youth League, which includes frontier Bolshevists, wearing red coats with the insignia of the hammer and the sickle, attacked the Delhi Agreement, and th 0 Congress policy. They outlined a programme including an intense boycott of British goods. CAWNPORE’S POSITION. HOTBED OF TROUBLE. DELHI, March 29. Cawnpore is India’s unhealthiest city at the moment. Besides the casualties cabled, numbers of dead and injured have not been reported. r I he streets are full of garbage and conservancy system has broken down and serious epidemics are feared. Sporadic attacks continue Hindus and Moslems clashing at sight, regardless of age, sex or time, and police troops fire on both parties. Darby was arrested at Madras for sbootinrr a rickshaw man in Calcutta.

IN BURMA, RIOTING AND FIGHTING. BURMA. March 29. Burma appears to have as many troubles as Pagodas. Resides tile rebellion, an earthquake and a recent fire at Pakokku which rendered two thousand homeless and caused damage to the extent of forty lakhs of rupees, the Government is now called upon to deal with definite Burmnn hostility towards Indians. A severe tension exists between Burmans and Indians in Pegu district. Yesterday Burmans started burning huts and hayricks belonging to (Indians. The military police shot one Burman while he was burning an Indian house.