TROUBLE IN INDIA
(Press. Assn.-
SEDITIOUS PROPAGANDA AROUSES INDIAN TRIBESMEN trouble on n.w. frontier
— By Telegraph — Copyright) .
Rec. Dec. 72, 5.5 p.m. CALCUTTA, Saturday. Grave unrest has been caused among the warlike tribesmen on the north-west frontier by the National Congress' seditious propaganda. This has resulted in the promulgation by the Government of India of three ordinances conferring special powers upon the area administration for the maintenance of law and order, under which the officials are given power to arrest, detain and control suspected persons. They also provide for the control and supply of commodities in general use and the control of public utility servieeS. Special criminal courts are to he instituted and heavy penalties imposed on persons instigating nonpayment of land and other revenues. The Frontier Commissioner is declaring certain associations, including Congress, unlawful and condemns the activities of Abdul Gaffar Khan (who is known as the frontier Gandhi), and his "red shirts," which is a Communist organisation, the members of which are holding camps and manoeuvres in the Peshawar district and causing disaffeetion among the border tribesmen.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 107, 28 December 1931, Page 5
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