The Viceroy's appreciation of the situation, as given in the following message to the Secretary of State, indicates that the salt campaign is petering out but strength has been given to the boycott of foreign cloth and liquor shops.
The logs to Government revenues has been negligible but into the road and burned, and the he trusted the whole of India would tionalist flag was hoisted above|now rise like one man, break the Another police station, about|Salt Law, and refuse payment of ight miles from Sholapur, from land revenue, "thus bringing an end. stich the police had been evacuated, to this cursed system. was burned by villagers.
Afterwards the other 59 accused Another company of Indian in- each affirmed their belief in sedition fantry had been sent to supplement and their desire to destroy the] the company already at Sholapur Government.—Reuter, und was expected yesterday morn-Bombay, May 13.
1 further troops being also held were unnerved at the fate of their two comrades who were burnt alive by a mob on May 8, while the public offices were deserted and all mills were closed.—Reuter.
On the Northwest Frontier London, May 14.
Mr. Wedgwood Benn, Secretary for India, stated in the House of Commons toxlay that, regarding the general situation in India, he had a spirit of lawlessness and defiance of "authority has been six months' simple imprisonment. nothing material to add to what the Haji of engendered, giving rise mainly in large towns to ebullitions of Turanfazai amd his followers, who Jugat Ram Dave was sentenced House already knew. some weeks ago' approached within to six months' rigorous imprison-'As regards the Northwest Tribal restiveness, is reported on the borders of Wuziristan about 20 miles of Peshawar and ment and all the other disobedience Frontier, however, and, particularly, but suitable measures have been taken. constituted a serious menace "to volunteers to three months rigorous the rebel aspect of the situation, he public order, were definitely warn. imprisonment, except four under Generally the country is unaffected and the authorities have had the following information." In ed to depart. This warning they 18 years of age who were dismissed the Peshawar district, on the bord-the centres of unrest well in hand, met by blocking the high road with] with a caution—Reuter. ers of the Mohmand country, after The Viceroy has also issued a statement from Simla affirm: with felled trees. Accordingly, ing that his Government abides by the policy announced by him talities in Assam raid on them was carried out by on November 1, last and indicating that: steps are being taken aircraft yesterday. The results Shillong, Asiam, May 12 for the assembling of the Indian Conference in London on were not known.
Three persons wore killed and ten British territory, who had been in October 20.
He was glad to say that, so far' were seriously injured as the result communication with the Haji, were
Tondon, May 12, offered to the arrest of as he had heard, the celebration of communal rioting on May 9 and disarmed by the Frontier' Con-persons, The Secretary of State for required by the police, most of with the Moslem festival of Hak 10 at Dighoi, following a Moslem stabulary supported by troops, and waders were arrested. India, Mr, Wedgwood Benn, hax whom have been apprehended. fon the 10th had passed off every-sacrifice of a bullock on the occasion of tribesmen collected by where without disturbance. of the Bahr-id festival. circulated to Members of Parlin.
"Conditions in the Bannu und the Haji's son was attacked by the ment a telegram from the Indian Kohat districts are disturbed and Mr, Wedgwood Benn added that The total casualties amounted to Royal Air Force again on the 12th. the Commander-in-Chief in India 100, Government, dated yesterday, con-the Prevention of Seditious Meot-In northern Wazi on May tainning an appreciation of the ings Aet, which is alread; force innd authorized him to say he was The police restored order, making 11, a Waziri lashkar some 400 strong general situation in India, in the Peshawar district, is being atively satisfied that the Indian 24 arrests.—Reuter. attacked n Tachi scout-post at The telegram says:—extended to them.
Army was completely loyal.
"There are definite sot Regarding the Report of the Bombay, May 12, Datta Khel and one scout sepoy was killed. The Royal Air Force attack-In our appreciation of April 24, The first raids on a salt depot we said that the salt campaign unrest among some of the. tribes-Indian Statutory Commission the lashkar, but desultory firing were carried out to-day by two ywed signs of Janguishing men. Several tribal chiefs, how-
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