London, Jan. 25.
The summary of the week's events in India chows 2. generally Saiifactory "tendency. The main. Features have been the diminishing Extent to which arrests Under. the Emergency Powers Ordinances have been necessary, especially "in the North-West Frontier Province where a steady improvement Fecorded,, the mote peaceful condi-fon in the towns, of the United Provinces" and the very slight Een to which ral areas area
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Slow dealt them by. the. author' Yen and some extension of their ctivitie occurred in particular reas while the effects of Ube silent boycott are more -_marked.—Wire-Tess through Reuter, 6 Xymedabed, Jan, 26.
'The strike which occurred three aye' ago in all the 70. "ills 'Romedabed, and which Me, Gandhi Gharacterised. sri model: for the hole: world," ended quietly to-day, ind all' the police have been with:
During the strike the whole of the Abmedabad. police force was mobilised. in the mill area, and all meetings and' processions were Danmed by the district magistrate.
"The sive ation was fairly. calm, except for an unsuccessful attempt fa°burn a police station—Reuter, Bombay, Jan. 27.
'The burning of foreign cloth in the Hinda quarters of the el the culmination of the demonstra. tong this afternoon on, the occasion "independence. Day'
The demonstrators" previously sone he Barba pole pation fand the guards, in order to dig them, Reda few rounds. Phere were, however, no casualties Reuter London, Jan. 27, Speaki jing at Leeds to-day on the situation in India, Lord Irwin, the fox-Viceroy, said he could not doubt {that the responsibility for the recent rupture lay with the Congress The constructive constitution ing for Congress to follow was wide and for that reason, he said, fand unjustifiable, He thought both and enthusiastic the Government here and the Gov- hall itself, comprising nearly Jernment of India had no choice but boys and girls, {to take the action they had taken lat few weed aid been suggested, he said, that they had gone back on the icy pursued when he was Viceroy.
That was a complete misrepresentasent policy as much as anyone jand there was nothing vind) about their action.
He did not suppose that if he had been in India to-day he would have acted in any way differently. from the present Viceroy, Lord Willingdon.—Wireless through Reuter, London, Jan. 28.
The latest reports from India con-rin those received earlier that the extremist. movement is_much less active than might have been ex-'There is a general absence Of trouble in the rural areas except the North-West Frontier Prov. ince and even there the "red-shirt movement seems to be thoroughly shaken.
In Bombay and Ahmedabad the picketing support given to Con-ress now seems to be faltering. In the United Provinces, the centre the "no rent" campaign, the situa-ton is settling down. Revenues are readily coming in and country, life ix resuming ite al course Witeless through Reuter.
Bombay, Jan. 30.
The police were compelled to fi on a group of Congress demonstrators in the Bhuleshwar district, here to-day. Twelve rounds of revolver shots and four rounds of rifle shots were fried, twelve persons being injured.
This brings the number of casualties as the result of lathi charges rate by the police toa total of 160
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