ORDER IN INDIA
IMPROVEMENT MAINTAINED APART FROM ISOLATED INCIDENTS. CONDITIONS IN BOMBAY ALMOST NORMAL. LONDON, August 13. The improvement in the situation in India is being maintained. Only some isolated incidents were reported today. In Bombay, except for a few minor disorders during the day, the city is reported to be normal. LIFE OF COUNTRY VERY LITTLE DISTURBED. NO ORGANISED NATIONAL MOVEMENT. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 12. The New Delhi correspondent of "The Times” says that accounts of disorders should not be allowed to create the impression that the whole of India is in an uproar. The loss of life is insignificant in comparison with the death-rolls during communal riots. The railways continue working as does industry generally. The disorders are spontaneous local outbreaks rather than an organised national movement. A considerable factor in the easing of the situation in India has been the stern warnings by the Governor of Bombay and other authorities that order will be maintained at any cost. These were coupled with impressive police and troop reinforcements to the tensest areas. Today’s death-roll in India is believed to be considerably below yesterday’s. The death roll since the outbreak of the trouble is at present unascertainable, but at least 61 are dead. The Bombay correspondent of “The Times” reports that after the Governor’s warning, the situation took a definite turn for the better. Trains and trams are fairly normal today, and the mill area is quiet. More mills are open. The Bombay correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” says, that the improvement is partly attributable to the greatly increased military patrols. Steel-helmeted patrols, with fixed bayonets, are posted in great strength in the mill area. Incidents today included the burning of three police stations, a bank, and the city post office, at Nagpur, where a crowd also attempted, to burn a power-house and stoned the administration buildings. A mob looted a Government grain shop in Bombay. The police in New Delhi fired on a crowd which burst into a post office, threw stamps and postcards into the street and attempted to set fire to them. The main shopping centre of Old Delhi is barricaded off and banks and many of the shops are still closed. Troops are guarding all the entrances to New Delhi with a view to preventing the spread of the trouble from the old city. TIMELY ACTION ARREST OF CONGRESS PARTY LEADERS. BRITISH LABOUR APPROVAL. LONDON, August 12. The British Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress have issued a joint declaration expressing confidence in the establishment of a free India after the war, disapproving of the attempt to organise the civil disobedience movement, and expressing the opinion that the Government of India’s action in detaining the Congress Party leaders was timely and unavoidable. GENERAL IMPRESSION EXCITEMENT DYING DOWN. BUT PRECAUTIONS STILL NECESSARY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY, August 13. Reports received from India in the past 24 hours are still reassuring. The situation in Bombay City and Old Delhi has been much nearer to normal. From some of the provinces, including Bengal, the Punjab and Madras, only a very few isolated incidents have been reported, with some student demonstrations. There have been some disturbances in the city of Nagpur. The general impression is that for the time being at least, excitement is dying down even in Bombay, the province most affected, though special precautions are still necessary.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1942, Page 3
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