MANY KILLED

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1932, Page 5

MANY KILLED

IN BOMBAY BIOTS

OVER 1300 CASUALTIES.

[United Eresn Association.—By Electro Telegraph.—-Gopyngtit.j

.CALCUTTA, May 20,

There are no signs of any abatement of the Bombay; communal warfare. The city and the. mill areas are par-

alysed. Thousands of Hiridu workers anxious to take revenge for the Moslem atrocities in the ,city itself, arei-iiiow engaged in guerilla tactics against all Moslems in the suburbs. The police and the military are now firing at sight on the combatants, but their task is a difficult one.

Last night 132 persons were killed, and eleven hundred were seriously injured.

At Bombay, the Light Horse and nn Auxiliary Force of Artillery have been called out to aid the troops and the police in coping with the rioters. Miss Madeline Slade, one of the Gandhi devotees, has been released from prison for participating in civil ‘disobedience. She was I‘eflised permission to interview Mr Gandhi in. the Poona Gaol,

SOLUTION OP THE TROUBLE,

DELAY IS WORKING HARM

RUGBY, May 19,

Lord Lothian, Chairman of the Indian Finance Committee, reached England to-day, having travelled from India by air. He referred in a statement to the interest of various committees appointed after the Round Table Conference, had aroused in India, and paid a tribute to the cooperation and friendliness displayed towards the members.

He added: “Indian public opinion certainly has taken a most lively interest in our proceedings, and will take not less lively or controversial interest in our proposals, when they are published early next month There is no doubt that the dominant feeling in India to-day,- is the desire that the Government and Parliament should come to decisions > about the new constitution with the least pos-' sible delay. During the last four years, committees have been touring India and conferences have been held in England on every aspect of the new constitution. What the people of India want to-day, British business men and civil servants, no less than the Indian themselves, is to know where they ai*e. The sooner the decisions Cali'be takeh find action takefl upoli these decisions. tiiS better Will India be pleased, and the sooner will, pbiitictli Oonditiohfe settle down.