The communal viots which broke cout on Saturday when Hindus beat {vo Moslem children show no: sign of abatements The gravity of the situation isin dicated bythe fact that armoured Sues were rushed here this morning, hile "an Indian regiment is stand Sng by to-night prepared for emer-
time of wiring was 16: persons Kill cothe death-roll to-day up to the injured totalling 200.
With waviness, the communal broke out with renewed whole. districts were a state of siege. Fierce battles were Saging "in Which stones, bot Bickay ron ods" and knives. were huge bon-aum Road, the police vainly. striving to cope with he fanatical eatery: es were "At the same time rioters, w jetting fire to houses in the border area, using bags and sacking soaked in kerosene.
At noon to-day a further estimate of seven killed and 60 injured \dded to the lengthening list of riot 'The rioting has now spread to the anil' even, "Ebinty mills which were Tlosed' for, the day. have thrown 40,000 workers into idleness.
tense air of nervousness hangs pall over the city, stirred only intermittent. bursts of shoot the police close with another group of rioters, Law-abiding citizens remain fearfully at home behind locked doors. In the meantime, the general air of neglect in the city is. disagreeably elghtened by little mounds of gar Page which Ne here and there in th ireers, festering after three days Jntthe eavualties so far in the com-inattention.
minal rioting are 72 dead and over B00. injured. The introduction of Curfew order is among the drastic Sneasures taken to reserve the city From its orgy. of rioting among Hindus and Moslems under which the population has been cowering for the last four da The rioting has spread to the mill rea and thirty mills are closed, Sain 40000 hands.
AMsimilae outbreak has occurred Cateutta where the police had to fire en the mob.
The welter of bloodshed and loot-Ing oineldes with the opening of Une Moniem festival. of Moharurm ough the slaughter continued this imerning. the presence. of British Troops fis gradually restoring. con fidence andthe situation is easier. In'nddition to, the curfew order, Shieh confines inhabitants to. their Rousts between 8 p.m. and 6 dum. semble of ore than ye tele prohibited.
May 17. the disturbed ureas here has. had The presence of British troops in
srtalutary effect after the continual Jioting since Saturday, when Hindus Zau tome Moslem children. Quiet Seas, partially restored this evening.
"The total casualties so far are 88 killed and' 850 injured. ceastonal force outbreaks, mainly due Although in places there are
{fo the, celebration of" Moharram Rotival the authorities are gr Sy getting control of the situation.
Orders have been issued, forbid-ging' any movement. during" the Sours of darkness and assemblies of note. than five people ave. strictly prohibited:
In Calcutta, trouble broke out during. a Moslem procession to-day Shen' Hindus. threw stones at the While endeavouring, to Festore order the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hartley, and several other officials and con-Stables were struck by missiles, hile a score of civilians were also May 18. stand in Girgaum road as disgrace fal monuments to the riots.
May 19.
Bombay, which has been' fairly! quiet for a day and a half, is again the scene of serious disturbances. To-day's toll of the rioting is reported as six dead and 30 injured.
Fieree communal battles were waged all-day long. They started in the mill area where the popula-is predominantly Hindu, when a party of Mohammedan ians Was assaulted by Hindu millworkers, One was killed in the attack.
Forty mills have since been closed, and 50 smill-workers placed under police were forced to fire on the rioters once this mor when no other means, of quiet Proved effectual May 19.
Despite the fresh outbreak of joting here this morning, there are now signs of the trouble ending.
'The "police, though exhausted fatter three days' of almost continuous duty, are still coping with the situation, the most important feature to-day being the finding of Jan arsenal of weapons being transported in the guise of a consignment lof bread. a The weapons insisted of an assorted stock of clasp knives, dagi Jand hatchets and were being driven ina baker's cart by a Mahommedan dressed asa Hindi When discovered, he was nearly beaten to death by a mob of Hindus.
The city this evening was quiet. May 20.
Three persons were killed and 40 Injured in the course of communal] clashes here to-day and in addition 12 of the many hundreds of persons succumbed. 9 Injured during the past few days
However, the situation generally has shown'a great improvement.
Altogether 1,200 persons known by the police to be bad characters have been rounded up.
"The seriousness of the situation is illustrated by the fact that over 20,000 people, mainly traders, have] 54 Feit'the chy in the' ist few Gays Weareetuehee"of the tits"
cincts has wen brought to a standnt except fore bro trade in Bailstematte tam helm ste for which
cranly disenrding thei datngiah. discarding the dating Miygfezten and turbans, ite Governor of Bombay, Sit hes, has ordered the Frobilastion of ihe focal a force and ales of the Bombay Horses wich fe composed of neecftcin! Europeans -Rester, omtay, 'May 23, 'The Hindu-Stostem loting which brake out with renewed fury" on 'Thursday last ehety" inthe' mill datecte tas "onse tore' been got Despite sporadic ere in the ley ited in one person Wen and seven injured, the tension has 'Swing the eahuatlon of the porce ther several dajs'ot timest Bentinsoes, duty, the Governor Bombay, Sir Frederick' Syke, has dered the mablisation of the' local Maree an wel asthe Boss pes trams,0f people continue, to leave the city, many of them going to Poona, from whence they are being sent to their native vill An. oficial list. just put states that up to midnight on Friday the casualties amounted to 138 dead and 1,600 injured—Reuter.
Poona, May 22.
For the first time in many' years huge Union Jack fluttered at the head'of a purely Indian procession in Poona to-day.
'The procession was made up' of thousands of " untouchables, "who were welcoming the arrival Ambedkar, their representative at the Indian, Round-Table conference:
residents here were stirred sight—Reuter.
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