INDIAN TERRORISM

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1932, Page 5

INDIAN TERRORISM

’ t .; • • ■ • <t » iili'V ANXIETY AMONG EUROPEANS. TWENTY-FOUR YOUTHS . , ARRESTED. (United Press Association—By Electric .Telegraph—Copyright.) : OALGUTTA, (September , 28. . Twenty-four youths liav.e' been arin connection with the Cliitta|f£ng goutrage. All vehicular (pedestrian traffic has been forbidden between the hours or 1 op.m. and 6 p.m., in or near the Anglo-Indian quarters.. The Bengal European Association States thftt.:;in>yiewrO|f the >growth of the terrorist movement lii the province, and the .threats against; the Uvea of Eutopedns generally,. they are opposed to the grant of any further jfiensttre of constitutional reforms iIfengM while -lawless conditions continue, At Rangoon, the High Court confirmed the convictions of .twenty-four men for participation, in the Burma rebellion last year. The court commuted the death sentences of twelve others to life transportation. TERRORISTS FIRE INTO MOTOR. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) CALCUTTA, September 28. iSir Alfredl Watson, editor of the “Calcutta Statesman,” was shotv and wounded by terrorists while driving in Iris car around Maidan, a big open space in..,the European'quarter, this 'evening. His .'assailants opened fire from a car which drew alongside Watson's car in a lonely part. Bir Alfred was -in >, both shoulders, i ;His secretary, Mrs Gros<), ; wias injured'in one . hand, and the ISikh driver in the,, riigjht sliouf,der. None of the wounds, }■ however, are believed jto be serious at present. Their assailants escaped in a car •which was not lighted, and have not been identified. ASSAILANTS COMMIT SUICIDE. CALCUTTA, September. 28. Sir A. /Watson’s wound-bo murderers <Jramk poison .and died when they found the police hot on their heels in an outlying suburb. < ?