BOMBAY RIOTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1921, Page 5

BOMBAY RIOTS.

ACTION BY DISLOYALISTS. MILITARY CALLED OUT, SOME LOSS OF LIFE, By Telegraph.—-Presa Association. Delhi, Nov. 17. While the Prince’s triumphant progress through Bombay was not marred by any untoward incident non-co-opera-tora caused serious disturbance in other parts of the city. Mill hands ceased work, mobs wrecked and burned trams and stoned Europeans. The polic® were compelled to fire on the crowds and several of their number were killed and injured. The firing caused a number of casualties. The latest report is that trams continue suspended and that the mob is still out of hand. Received Nov, 18, 7.25 p.m. Delhi, Nov. 17. As a result of the Bombay riots four Indian policemen were killed and thirteen injured. Three rioters were killed by revolver shots, and a number wounded, while a large number were arrested. The situation is now in hand, and police and military are patrolling the affected area. Rioters in the evening set fire to liquor shops, and a large four-storied building was destroyed. The trouble started after the non-co-operators’ meeting, the participants stopping all sorts of vehicles and molesting anyone wearing European clothes. Bonfires of foreign clothing were made at street corners. The mob specially vented its wrath on those returning from the Prince’s procession. The police were unable to cope with the outbreak, and the military were called out. Gandhi and other leaders unsuccessfully tried to persuade the crowds to desist from violence.—Reuter.