London, July 22.
The police also fired at crowds which stormed the station at Tuti-
In the House of Commons this evening, questions were asked with reference to Sir Leslie Reinforcements have been drafted in.
The stations along the railway line are deserted. They have been badly damaged by rioters, who have torn up rails and cut telegraphs.
'The engine of the boat mail-train from Colombo was maliciously derailed near Tanjore to-day, but was replaced and the train' proceeded, The strike situation on the South Indian Railway has became very menacing owing to the violence of the strikers. speech in the Bombay Legislature on the Bardoli "'no-tax" campaign, In reply Earl Winterton, Under-Secretary of State for Indi that, if the condition mantic Bombay Government would the full support of the Government of India and of His Majesty's. Government in enforcing. compliance with the law and erushing a movement which would then be clearly exposed as one directed to coercing the Government and not representing reasonable grievances, Twenty-two persons were injured to-day when the police made a bayonet charge on a large crowd Which was holding up the Trivandrum Express by laying huge bemders and tree trunks on the line fand stoning the passengers.
Eight hundred men surrdundet the Ceylon boat-mail and two other passenger trains 100 miles from Madras and attacked the passengers. The police opened fire, injuring fifteen.
Five strikers the result of the collision with the police tt Mayavaram yesterday—Reuter.
The "No Tax" Campaign Ahmedabad, July 20.
The leader of the Bardoli "no-tax" campaign, Vallabhat Patel, to-ay rejected the offer of Sir Leslie Wilson, the Governor of Bombay, to order a special inquiry sinto assessments provided the taxes were paid forthwith: in the meantime the Treasury to hold the difference between the old and new revenue as a deposit pending the result of the inquiry.
Vallabhai Patel asks for an open Inquiry on which representatives of the Bardoli community shall be represented. In the meantime he requests that all punishments should be remitted—Reuter.
Ceylon Boat-Mail Train Derailed Madras, uly, 22.
The engine and three bogey-carriages of the boat-mail train from Ceylon were derailed last night when the train was 30 miles from Madras. The engine ove turned and two third-class carriages were telescoped. Eleven passengers were injured, one seriously.
The railway authorities allege that fishplates were removed from the rails.—Reuter, Simla, July 23.
Madras, July 24.
Two of the leaders in the South Indian Railway strike," Makundalal Sarkar and Singara Veluchchettiar, have been arrested at Trichinopoly.—Reuter, Bardoli Resident's Offer to Government Bombay, July 25, A resident of Bardoli, named Ramchand Ramadhava Haveambhatt, has telegraphed to Sir Leslie Wilson, the Governor of Bombay, offering to deposit with the Government. the difference between the old and revised tax assessments in the hope that this will relieve the tension and satisfy all parties with a view to
tion.
bling the holding of an invest The Bardoli trouble centres on the land-tax which an Indian settlement officer recommended to be increased by 80 per cent, Finally the Government decided to limit the increase to 22 per cent-—Reuter, Madras, July 26, A message from Trichinopoli, in Southern India, states that the President of the Railway Strike Committee, Krishna Swami Pillai, has been arrested, The situation is quiet, A num." ber of the unskilled workers are reported to be resuming work at many places along the South Indian Hailway—Reuter.
Calcutta, July 26, tional statements made by six men arrested in connexion with the derailment of a passenger train near Howrah, opposite Calcutta, on July 9, the police have arrested forty mole persons.
It may be recalled that eighteen persons were killed, eight seriously injured and 24 hurt as the result The railway situation in Madras slightly better. The strikers are concentrating their activities at} Vellapuram The metre gauge line service is being maintained with difficulty, but on the broad-gauge line the men are loyal Later.
One of the passengers has died as the result of his injuries—Reuter.
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