INDIANS IN NATAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 68, 20 November 1913, Page 5

INDIANS IN NATAL.

SERIOUS RIOTING. [Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright] LLniiel .Press Association.] Durban, November i 9. A thousand Indians marched to Ladysmitn and demanded the release of a number of compatriots arrested earlier in the day. The magistrate agreed. While the prisoners were being conducted through the town they broke a cordon of police and a general riot ensued. An excited mob assailed the police with stones and sticks, and twenty-five police, armed with sticks, stampeded the Indians after a hot encounter. Several were injured. The commandant was obliged to call off the native police fearing that they would kill the Indians. Later. the Indians, armed with iron standards, assembled in an Indian temple in a threatening manner. The Mayor called on citizen volunteers and served out arms and ammunition and the strikers were forced to return to Elandslaagte. The Indians in Natal number 150,000 outnumbering their white opponents.

The Asiatics in Durban are hailing the riots as a long-awaited opportunity for the furtherance of an ideal White South Africa. There are signs of schism among the Indians and the education section contemplate a campaign to instruct those indentured, believing that they will be docile tools in the hands of agitators who are fomenting political disturbances in India, the violence being contrary to express orders of the Indian leaders in Natal.

Calcutta, November 20. Calcutta, November 19.

Xatal telegrams alleging ill-treat-ment are arousing intense feeling in India.