THE PRINCE IN INDIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1922, Page 5

THE PRINCE IN INDIA.

VISIT TO MADRAS. GANDHI STS START RIOTING. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Delhi. Jan. 13. Organised opposition to the Prince’s visit to Madras culminated in rioting outside Government House within an hour of his arrival. The disturbance continues. It began at seven o’clock outside a mosque in the Mohammedan quarter. Gandhists tried to prevent the natives assembling to witness the Prince’s arrival. They stoned the tramcars and turned out the passengers and tried to destroy the vehicles. The rioters were dispersed by two armored cars. There were no casualties except that five natives were knocked down while trying to escape. The disorder spread rapidly through the district. A large mob rushed, the Minto statue, which stands in an open space adjoining the back entrance tc Goverment House, tore down the decorations, trampled the Union Jacks in the mud, and overthrew plants and palms, and beat a policeman. A detachment, of troops occupied the space around the statue and kept the mob at bay, but the latter made repeated rushes and indulged <in stonethrowing at the troops. The Prince saw no evidences of disorder. There was a good showing of natives on the route to Government House, and the Prince was well cheered. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.