CONGRESS PARTY FINANCES
Police Are Anxious To Learn Story
(Rec. 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 18. The Daily Mail’s Bombay correspondent says the disobedience campaign so far has cost the Congress Party very little, but it is estimated shortly to cost £lOO,OOO daily. A Congressman informed him that the movement had plenty of money and finance was no problem. The police are particularly anxious to learn the inside story of Congress’s finances. No bank has an account in Congress’s name. Balancesheets have never been produced and no receipts are given. Police raids have failed to uncover documents revealing the financial details. There are signs that the movement is likely to take a new line. Hooligans ruined the campaign at the outset, for which reason members of the Congress Party are believed to be working out a plan designed to hit communications and essential services. Such a campaign would cost an enormous sum. RIOTS AT BANGALORE A Mysore communique states that the police yesterday six times fired on Bangalore rioters. Six were killed and 32 injured. The city is now quiet. The Madras Presidency remains disturbed. Two courts in the Ramnad district were completely burned out. The mob did not disperse, despite repeated firing. Armed reserves were brought up. Six bodies so far have been recovered. Fifty-one persons have been arrested. Five were killed at Govadari when a police station was attacked. The Premier of Bengal, Abdul Fazlul Huq, appealed to the Bengalese to assist to restore order. The Bengal Provincial Government is reported to have split on the Central Government’s policy towards Congress. The police chief appealed to Calcutta citizens to detain incendiarists. Many fire-alarm boxes have been destroyed, exposing the inhabitants of crowded areas to the danger of being burned alive. The police and military are still heavily patrolling Calcutta, where some tram routes have been suspended and a number of shops closed.
The Orissa Government is organizing a village defence force to assist in maintaining order.
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Southland Times, Issue 24827, 20 August 1942, Page 5
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327CONGRESS PARTY FINANCES Southland Times, Issue 24827, 20 August 1942, Page 5
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