EASTERN TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3571, 6 September 1920, Page 5

EASTERN TROUBLES.

TURKISH PEACE TEEMS. AN INDIAN PROTEST. Received 8.30 a.m. ’ DELHI, Sept. 5. A special session, of the Indian National Congress, convened for the purpose of considering a programme of non-co-operation wPh the Government as a protest against the Turkish peace terms, met at Calcutta under the presi- ■ dency of Tala Tajpat Roy. Five thousand delegates vrere present. ’ The president, in his address, stated tha‘ the Hindus wOuld give the Mohammedans unhesitating moral and constitutional support in the agitation to got. the terms revised. Tn the question of non-co-operation, ' the president did not give a load, but left the question to be decided at a discussion in open Congress.* He concluded with a ■ s atement that he hope d the country would loyaFy accept whatever decision was adopted by the' Congress. T CHINA AND JAPAN. ■ " A CHARGE REFUTED. Received 9 a.m. PEKIN, Sept. 5,, Interviewed here, the bapuneSe Minister, Obta, said the charge that Japan was cherishing a desire ito keep China in constant turmoil in order to secure the lion’s share of the spoils is pre- ' posterous. Japan suffers most from ’ the endless interna! l , dissensions in China, and it has been Japan’s hi»'toric policy that peace in the East 1 should be placed on a secure basis, and that China should thus obtain prosperity as a united nation. If was for that reason that Japan maintained absolute neutrality in the recent difficulties in China, and has not at any time lent, money to any Chinese faction, Chinese politicians are p,rone to spread false charges against Japan. The salvation of China can come only through a re-organisation of the Government and industry by a coeert of • interested powers. 1 MESOPOTAMIAN REVOLT. SITUATION STILL ACUTE. DELHI, Sept. 3. The situarion inside Bagdad is still acute, but the bazaars arc being cleared of agitators by periodical raids. Rumours are persistently spread about the coffee shops '.hat the railway has been cut everywhere, and that Bagdad is isolated, which causes occasional trouble in the bazaars. Trains, however, continue to run regularly, and reinforcing battalions from Basra are reaching Bagdad daily. The wrecking of the railway to the Persian frontier was done by gangs previously employed' by the British as labour corps. Supplies and messages continue to be delivered in Kufa by aeroplanes. BLOCKHOUSE SYSTEM WELL ESTABLISHED. DELHI, Sept, 5. The ci‘y of Bagdad and adjoining military cantonments are now defended by a ring of blockhouses so ar-' ranged' as to prevent incursions by marauding bands. The railway to Hillah, Kut, and Baqubah Is guarded by a similar line of Blockhouses,' The railway to Perisa is~eut between Kizil. Roba 1 , and Baqubah. B’dtish families in a " , c«t • camp at. F-”‘nd *»rp cofp. The political offi-o- V KLcri, who [

was taken last week, was murdered by tribesmen. It will be necessary to withdraw the civilian officers from Sukaeoh and Skurjukh on the Lower Euphrates.