Afraid for India

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1004, 21 June 1930, Page 11

Afraid for India

POLICE MORAL THREATENED Policy of Conciliation BOMBS CAUSE DEATHS IN MANY PARTS IT is feared in India llrut tlie moral of tlie civil service there, 1 particularly the police, will he undermined if conciliation with the extremists is attempted. The second volume of the Simon report is expected to recommend sweeping administrative changes. Meanwhile bombs are beinc used with loss of life.

United r.A.—By Telegraph Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. DELHI) Friday. There were simultaneous bomb explosions yesterday at Lahore, Amritsar, Rawalpindi. Shekherpur, Lj'allpur and Gujranwala. At Lyallpur an inspector was hurt and at Gujranwala a constable was badly injured, while a sub-iuspector, the head cons-table and a constable were slightly injured. The morale of all services in India, particularly the police, is likely to be seriously affected if the Labour Government carries out its rumoured intention of trying any conciliatory gesture in order to win over the extremists aft or the publication of the Simon report. A message from London says recommendations of a far-reaching

character are expected to be contained in the Indian Statutory Commission’s second report to be published on Tuesday. According to the "Daily Mail” they will include: The separation of Burma from India with a new system of government for Burma; a new provincial Government for the North-West Frontier Province, which at present is governed by a commissioner under the Government of India; closer co-operation between the Indian Princes and the Government with suggestions for enabling the Princes, should they so desire, to become part of an All-India Federation. The "Mail” says the commissioners will also emphasise the vital necessity of the retention of British troops for the defence of the frontiers and the maintenance of internal order.