HUNTED DoWN BY INDIAN MOBS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3504, 16 June 1920, Page 7

HUNTED DoWN BY INDIAN MOBS.

BRITISH SOLDIERS Bl:I.»\Tl*.lN TO

DEATH.

British soldiers are declared to have been hun‘L'ed out like rats and murdered by mobs during the di.~:tll,rb:Ln(:es in North—e\Yestel'n India xvhich preceded the shooting down of :1 g‘:lthel'ing of natives at .-'\ml'itsa.l', in April last’, when 500 were killed zmcl 2500 wounded. Ar Kasur two s<.)ldier;s \Vel'e Sol} upon as they alighted from a train and beaten to death. T'nese are unxong i:"m-‘-.‘um- zxstuunding revelations cont-.lilled in the latest 21'0ports to hand of the pl*oceedillg‘s of Lord Hunter ’s Commission.

General Sir William Bcynon, ufficer commanding the disturbccl distl"lct, in giving evidence, stl'o.ngly uphold Gen-

oral Dycl"s stern action at ;‘unr'ltsa.r. The g‘enCl'al also stated that he was responsible for the telegram containing the uppl'o\'al of the LiolltcnantGovernor. .

“I sent it. after I had (:01)sidC1'e(1§ and fully approved of whaf General? Dyer did. I infornmd the Lieut.—Gov-I} crnor of my opinion, and Sir Michael:; O’Dwycr said that he agreed and that’ I might add this to my telegram.” Q

Colonel W. F. S. North, who was in command of the fort during the riots, dealt with the changed a.tt.itude of the people prior to the disturbances.‘Tb/Cy were offensive, and at times laughed as one passed. This was going: on for quite a month before the riots. A:T'I‘ACK ON A FOlt'l‘. Referrillg to the attack upon the fort, Colonel North said that a large and onensive crowd had collected outsioe the rails, which they were endeavouring to pull down. There was one expression he heard a. good many times, and that was: “Let us hill the white men.” The mob had axes on poles, and they pushed them through the rails, spitting at the garrison the while. There was a crowd of 5000 or 6000, and it was a -serious situation, because_the garrison was entirely isolatcd. ‘‘l only had 100 men to guard the fort _until reinforcements arrived,” continued Colonel North. He could have stopped the crowd had they rushed the fort, because he had machine and Lewis guns. Khan Sahib M. Rahim Bux, senior sub-judge,‘Lahore, described his efforts to deal with the mobs, which he said were out of control and defiant. “ENGLISH REIGN XOVER.” ' Mr P. Marsden, sub-divisional officer, Kasur, describing the disturbances there, said that a shopkeeper. named Nadir Ali Shah, who had since been tried and executed, went round at the head of a mob, bearing -a. black emblem.

The crowd went into the railway station, and Nadir Shah harangued them, saying this was their last chance. The leaders of the mob were shouting out that the English reign was over. TWO trains arriving, the crowd charged towards them.

Two Blitish soldiers were in one of the trains, and they were zlttar.~.l< ed and stoned. The soldiers fix-ctl one or two rounds from the 1-evol~ vers they had with them. Eventually they were cl1:1se(l, hemmed in against the railings, and beaten to death with lathis (solid bamboo stems) by the mob. When witness arrived he took steps to make arrests. The railvvaymen began to give the names of the guilty, and 172 people were arrested 'in :11}. Out of these fifty-om-,_v:'(-re convicted.

At, the c()mnl(‘llCr‘m'(%nf the crowd w:ls .not’ at all ::!Hl(-.<lI3l,l. If was his’ opinion t];'_lt {he ;’:~’/ll«"~_”* \‘.’«’.‘)‘G I'OO l{l(l----glovvdl. l)ul'in;_: mru'liz‘:l law people wmnn slum lw .~'mll‘riw.~‘. H_P_.\._'_\‘(lY I>U.\‘l‘sH3lr.l::<.\"rss.”

In om» case _:L man did nof answer" when N-]m:lfedly c.hnllonged, and as he was 2-u.~.hing' along hr: was shot dead. It snbso.qucntly ('ul*nod out that the man was dumb. It was an uu’Fnl-tunaie case. It was sf:_lt(~d that C‘3,;)ta3.u Dufton

'lmpo.s'ud fztxxcy pllllisllnlcll‘..<_. and 01'dm.'— od a man to be whito\\'u.~:hed, bul:,th:lt was snl.)seqnonLly denied by the cup--1:1in. A .-\ public .<c:li‘l,'o}d \\':l.s rzliswl. The idea, was to execute people near the place wl.lel'e HlO mul'ders took plum‘. Ho had not hezll‘d’tll:li‘ one Koshn Dus, or :111y})«)dy else, \\'a.< mmlo tn dmw lines on the ground with his Ho>l'. Pundit .Tagat Naruyan .<uggu.-tn‘: ‘chat tllroll<,_Thout the pl'ovilu(-0 a large Tlllln}Jt‘r of ‘€i:u*ni'i‘iGs \\'oro <'mlll‘.l'lltM. and gl.<k(\(| ff? witness would proclzxim martial law to bring (lncoits to book.

Hr. .\f:ll'sdolz said 1110 (H.\'l'1I1"1):‘lI‘n(f(".~‘ Inl<h‘l' inquiry were quitv :1 di['L'cl'<-nt I‘lling'. British sol(‘.iel'.~: had 'l)c(-1'1 hunted out Hko I':l‘rS and Imn'fl(_'refl. anfl Various other oul‘ruge.< had ocr:url'od.

Th(*l'(‘ \V_a.< an absolute .-fnt'o of 1':-1:01., lion, and only martial law could h:l\'r-ro.<tm-nd p(‘il(‘(‘ and order.

CURE FOR GASSED SOLDIERS.

OXYGEN ROOMS D ESCRIBED‘

The niedical l’l'ess lius recently been devoting attention to the results of a new treatment for soldiers .~:ufl‘el'ing from the eifects of gas poisoning (says the London Daily Mail). This important I'ese:u'ch was undermken by Mr Joseph Bm.'m~oft*. I<‘.R.t_~‘.. the \\'elJ~l{no\\'n pllysiologisz, of Cu-.n—--:bl'idge, laml his co-Workers, with the object of relieving the symptolns often of several yezih’ dnr-ati(m, from ;which these men sul‘fex'9d, and, if poglsible, Pfl’ee.l‘ing a. coniplefe cure of I‘ their tllsilblllly. l Recently we clescl'il)exl -.1 -.<ep:u'nte ox-‘pv-rimont nzucle by ;\l‘r B:il'cl'ofl‘-, who [allowed himself to be shut up for six «l:‘ly.< in :1 sealed glziss case in ol'J.er to disv.ovel' the quantiiy of oxygjezi re- ' qnired by airmen at ;;;'l'e:lt :Iltitmles. E The h'e:ll'inent consists of‘ the (‘mi-' tinnous adnl'lni;s'tl'at'loll of Oxygen o\'(‘-2» zf',pel'iorl ot’ s€\'CX‘2ll days. It had bemi ‘ robsel'\'ed that certain unim:il.< in fhe‘ ‘1)l1)'si()1ogi(e;1l ]:ll\ol‘zlml'ie:< at Cum-‘ l brislge n(-misionally Flll'Tol‘oml frmn S)‘!xlpitems s{mi‘l;{;- to Hiost.‘ C-on:pl:iim‘('l of [by men who have been ;__g:;.~:-sell. ‘ It \\'::.< Fouml that: if Hl(‘S‘~(‘ animalza ! were pl:we<l in -.1 seziiml ("}l1ll!l1)‘(‘l' and "hre:'.l‘ll(‘tl ox_\f_qell of :1 ‘nigli emieenl‘l':i.~ film for 9. (*el't:lin time. all rlu-iv :=ylnp« §i‘rml.< tliszlppeaiml when t-‘ney we‘.'e rel nmvml I°r«ml this Clltlxlllwr. Pzitieiils iwith cln-onic gas-poi:<oning were ‘fl‘oil'a‘-it-{l in :1 :<imil:ll' way. ; The t’ren‘rnwnt consists of l:(~(-ping :the patient in a clzmnbn-.‘ ('<>lli‘:’lining . zin atillospliel'e 01'‘ 40-50 per vent. oxyigeii. The poi:=one<l air——r'm"uo (lioxide and :iqueons \‘:‘.]loll‘,'—-‘.‘.'lll(‘ll he ;E1"X1l:l1(‘S is 1'e111()ve(l 1);’ }\:1~:»'i:~.s: the air lover .x'ml:l lime am] Cnleium :‘hlm'id(‘. "He 1'(-‘lnmins in the climnher for 16 ii out of the 2% houl's for live «‘my.<.. Ho :sl~eo}‘».- in the chnmlwr evex-j.’ ni«_rh’r, ii<":'.\'e;‘- if :v.ftm- l):'eal{i’n.~'f_g. and returns ‘I in it just befm-e f.e:l.

: TllO s}'lnptmns of g::1s-gmisoxxing are. ' bv.-icfl}'—-sh()rtness of breath after .slighf cfi.'ort, sleeplosmoss, breaHllossillo.~'.< at night, with sudden atttlcks of sm"fnozltion. rapifl he/:11't attfior}, "head-

::.(*ll'L‘ls, gi<l«lilu)s, uml f:1i111‘i11g, g(‘l]L‘l‘{ll Cu-l;ilit'.\_', unzl (:vl‘t:Lin nolvou.< synlpiums. T 114330 Symptonm all (ll>':lpp(‘ul' at the end of the fl'(‘:ll‘.nellt. The patient is able to run \x'itlwLll' distress, he sleeps well, he no l<mgol- compluills, of ulwuys fueling xirml, he is full of energy, and able to :10 :1 full (1-.1)-".s‘ work. ‘ "The ocmmnxic \':1111(- of such :1 troutnrontl will be appl'ocial‘o(l.'vrhou it is lmown flzzxt llluusamls of S0l1ll0".~'3 inmliufleal i‘t'm‘.l the :11'n1y are :I.‘ pl'o.<ont .<=uf'fel'ing: from the ofi'oc‘.'s of gm pois(ming, and t_ll(:'ir (li.<2ll)ility> is such that ‘rlloy are (l1':1\l'i11p: p(‘n.<ion.< x-v.lx-g-;inf_,>' ‘T'2'nln 3|‘ to 100 ]_\L‘l‘ cent.

HEROES OF THE IRON WAY.

_.-._-_._(,__,__. ._: DARINC: FEATS OF R.-\ILV\".-\.YMEN

A15.1«.-*r‘ica has 1.34? its bl':l\'PSi' railxvajv inan. T\\'<+my )'e'.ll'S ago Hll-run Freo, who died I‘ecelitly', 1.91-formed {L feat which made him the mast £:1111ous driver in the United ‘States. '..Johnsl'o\\'n had been overwlielnied by the flood of the River Conem2u:gh_ 'l‘ll”ous>.mdS I>.mls}*.e(l, and 'Drivel'- Fl'';*:’,* was warnesl before he started his <:x~ press from the staticm ihat the riverdam was giving way. From the footplare he "could see the water rushing upon the train. He opened the tin-c~‘rtle and began to race the flood.

The express shrieked through the Coziexnattglrvalley and crossed the bridge a little below the town just. before the dam gave Way. The start was enough, however, and the engine got clear before the track was swept away by the tol'l'ellf. Hundreds of lives were szwod by his daring promptitude.

The thrilling story of how 21 terrible explosion was a.verted on the London, Brighton and South Coast Rail\\':iy by El. goods inspector was told when the King awarded the Albert Medal to JCll{lrleS Jolin Cm-ne. ‘ SAVED THE EXPRESS. A train lo;1<le(l \vil';h ammunition was running to the coast, when, on reach_ing it point; near ;_q,___i"_o,ng;l, __‘(._VLO‘tl'llCkS containing loaded shells were seen to? be on fire. In spite of difliculties in getting _water, the fire was ultimately eritinguished. Had it not been for hi. courage and resourcefulness, 21 destructive explosion would have occurred. The resourcefulness of railway drivers is st;rikingl_v illustrated by the following two incidents. The first occurred on an Irish railway. The breaking of a. coupling had caused a heavily-lozuled train to become divided whilst ascend ing a long gradient. The rear portion, uncontrolled, rushed down the slope‘ at a terrific speed, and the driver of; the succeeding train, who saw thei -the levers were reversed. zm-.l the‘ shut. off steam. Wit'll swift movement I the levers were reversed, and the the‘ engine was backed down the hill. The .crash came, but the driver's pluck l saved many lives. 1 The East Coast express to Scotland ‘.was concrned in the second “thriller,” the train coming within an ace of deStruction. ’ Through some misunderstanding, a liglit‘ engine \\‘:is permitted to I‘(‘.IIlLllll sttimliiig on the line along which the express was due to pass. Gt.‘-mcing b.'!ckw:rrr,l, the driver of the llglit. 6'll‘! gine saw the headlights of the expl'r_»s.~<. Duty triumphed over ‘.‘h-:- ‘romcn(lotl.'~' impulse to leap for life. He opened the throttle, throwing wide the lovers, and quickly forged alwad, pursued by the oncoming train. There was an ear-splitting crash. The light <‘.ngim,- was lifted off’ its - wheels by the impact, but I'c<:o\'el'o«'ll and slmt; t’or\\':lr«l. 'l‘lw inmncntnm :Ll—l ro:u,l_\f n.tt:lincd greatly reduced the? shock, and notliing lll0l‘(.‘ sel'itw"~' thzm some dnnizige to the lo<:omoti\'(r re-i sultetl. On :2 niglit in O<'.tol)c-I', 190,-it wnsf

noticed that every signal at the Maindeu \\7v.<f. Jum>.f.ion on the Great Westm'rz Railway pointed at. danger. This is an ‘impol'tant jtlnctiofi, wllol'e the

main lines to Bristol and the North diverge. Men were sent I’-0 fin»! out what was the matter. Tliey discover‘Cd Edward Morgan, -.1 signalixiaii. lying iusoiisible on the floor of his box. He had been seized by paralysis, but before losing consciousne.<.< had nl:.xn:lg‘ed to point every siglial at dz_lngel', ..