Simla, May 2, is understood that Sir Horatio Bolton, the Chief Commissioner the North-West Frontier Province, leaving for England to-morrow jon account of ill-health, He will be replaced by Mr, S. Hy Pears, Retident a: Myrore—Reus The Indian Press Ordinance Galeutta, May 3, Five youths were arrested here to-day and a number were injured when the police dispersed gatherings held in defiance of police orders.
The occasion for these gatherings was the arrival in Calcutta of the former president of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. V. J. Patel.
'All the newspapers in' Calcutta, with the exception of the "States: man" and the "Bengalee,"" have Suspended publication as a' protest. against the new Press @rdinance—Reuter, Simla, May 3, An extraordinary issue of the Gazette notifies the public of the ap= tion of the Seditious Meetings Act to the Peshawar district and the North West Frontier Province Reuter, Amritsar, May 3, A hartal hae teen declared hero in consequence of the arrest of Drs Kitehlew, Chairman of the Receps tion Committee of the Lahore Cone gress, on a charge of sedition Reuter was the arnest of Dr. Kitehlew, @ notorious Mohammedan firebrand, and his Hindu associate Dr. Satyapal which precipitated the serious riots at Amritsar in April 10919. The trouble spread to Lahore, Gujranwala, Kasur and other places in the Punjab. Arson, murder and orage were committed by frenzied mobs. Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the' Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, acted promptly and firmly and' martial law was declared with the result that the outbreak was quelled in a few weeks, Afters wards the Hunter Committee, appointed to inquire into the affair, approved Sir Michael's actions generally but censured the Into General Dyer for exceeding the needs of the situation at Amritea Where on April 13 a. seditious crowd was fired upon and dispersed with heavy casualties,—General Dyer was retired with substantly rank of Colonel but. subsequently' Mr. Justice McCardie, in giving judgment on a case in which the merits of his actions were raised, expressed the view that the General had acted rightly and had been wrongly censured ity the BMttish Government The Moslem leader appeals to the Viceroy not to permit the situation to be made worse by the arrest of Gandhi. "He says that the Government of India has sufficiently demonstrated its strength and expresses the hope that considerations of prestige will not prevent either the Government er Gandhi from retracing their steps and establishing. peace and freedom, Lord Irwin's secretary, replying.
that the Viceroy recognizes the of goodwill prompting lester, but draws attention to the fact that some of the in leaders, instead accepting the hand of friendship proffered by His Majesty's Government te form a round-table conference, "rejected the way to reason in favour of destructive method In conclusion the Miter states the desire of the Government of India for conciliation remains, bat while the lew is defied, the London, May 2.
Sir John Simon, Chairman of the Indian Statutary Commission, denied to-day there had been an' undue delay' in the issue of the report of the Commission. He said "The latter part of the report is not only in the Printer's hands but is in the printer's form for production and Jwhat remains is in an advanced state. Tt ought to be remembered [that the Commission could not lenter upon the preparation of a report which, necessarily, has to Jeover a vast range of questions—including many which are quite as important as those which are pro-Jminent in public notice—uatil last September after the joint sittings: with the Indian Central Committee jin London had concluded. Hf it succeeds in completing the report in a few weeks, the time taken will not be more than wae necessary for the full consideration of the Rumerces ind complex questions
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