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NEW YEAR AT HOME,
Danced In By Thousands.
EMPIRE GREETINGS.
Message Broadcast "To Friendly Planets."
Loudon, Sunday.
KONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1928.
INDIA'S PROBLEMS.
Inter-Communal Unity' Hopes.
A MOSLEM. COMPROMISE.
TRIBAL OUTRAGE.
Death of a British Official.
SURRENDER OF A CHIEF.
Plea For Sind As a Separate And Autonomous Province.
Aeroplanes Bombing the Pyramid of Dangkur.
Calcutta, Sunday.
Khartoum, Sunday.
of
New Year came in London with The Subjects Committee of the The quick concentration snow, sleet and rain, with the re- Moslem League adopted a com-troops in the area of Captain sult that a comparatively small promise which, it is hoped, will Fergusson's murder has restored crowd cheered the chimes at St. promote inter-communal unity. confidence among the loyal Nuers Paul's at midnight, but thousanda This measure favours the resolu- and contined the trouble to a small of guests at the big hotels danced tion adopted unanimously by the section.
The punitive operations are
in the New Year, while the stay-at-Indian National Congress on The Nuer chieftain, Garluak, homes heard the all-embracing New Wednesday advocating communal has surrendered. He declares Year greetings the B.B.C., com-unity, but expresses the opinion that he reprobated the murder, prising the whole universe, that separate electorates of Mos-though some of his followerers
The broadcaster grooted "all lema and Hindus are inevitable at are implicated in it. friendly planeta circling with us on present. It states that Moslems the everlusting tour" and asked would be prepared to abandon afoot, the troops advancing them in favour of general elector- against the stronghold of the ates with a reservation of seats, hostile Kujur Gwek, preceded by been constituted a separate and flicting casualties, dispersing con- but only after Sind had actually aerial operations which are in-
autonomous Province and re-centrations of men and cattle, and forms have been granted to the bombing the Pyramid of Dangkur, North-West Frontier Province which is the centre symbol of and Baluchistan..
Gwek's influence as a witch doc
then whether our waves reached them, but there was no answer.
Greetings from the Empire to foreign countries followed.
Prior to the greetings at the midnight service at York Minster, the Archblahop of York laid a stone to commemorate the completion of the thirteenth century of the Minster's existence. The service was broadcast.-Reuter.
- Pandemonium in New York,
New York, Sunday.
The Council of Moslem League|tor.—Reuter. authorised the appointment of a sub-Committee to confer with the Indianational Congress Work- ing Committee and other bodies to draw up a Constitution for In- dia inhich Moslem interests
Salim League.
Story of the Outrage. Reuter wired from Khartoum on December 17:----
A punitive expedition is leaving here to avenge the murder of Captain Fergusson.
A patrol with aeroplane is pro- ceeding to the Upper Nile pro- vince where a witch doctor is stir- ring up the Nuers.
New Year was unprecedentedly must be safeguarded. Reuter. welcomed. Yesterday night tho. theatres, hotels und night Clubs |
Lahore, Sunday. were filled to their utmost capacity. The Lahore session of the All Hundreds of thousands who congre- India League unanimously adopt-
In addition to Captain Fergus- gated on the streets whooped-out ed a resolution declaring unac- and rattled-out, by whistling and ceptable the proposals agreed to on and the Greek merchant howling, the hosts indoors.
at Delhi in March last by a Paniatopoulos, Arab merchants, gathering of leading Mohara- and several servants and carriers medans in favour of joint Hindu- Moslem electorates, also the re- solution of the Indian National Congress in Madras on December 28 to the same effect.
Five hundred policemen, atation ed in Broadway's theatre district, were powerless to control the tre- mendous crowds, particularly at midnight, when pandemonium was
supreme.
were killed.
Capt. Fergusson had travelled to meet the Nuer chiefs' followers at a post 400 yards inland and was discussing business with: Nuer threw a spear at him. Paniatopoulos when a youthful
A Committee was appointed to So great was the demand for seats at the leading theatres that devise a scheme of ecstitutional
The weapon barely broke the places in the pit, ordinarily costing advance in collaboration with
skin, and Fergusson promptly G.85 sold at $15 at the box office other organisations-Reuter.
hurled it back, but the weapon and as much as $30 by speculators, Boycott of Commission.
went wide. The attack, however, whilst hotels thought nothing of
was signalised and in a general The All-India Muslim League assault the Nuers fell on him and charging $10 per plate for a meal. have resolved with only two dis- stabbed him to death. Paniato-
Calcutta, Sunday.
In spite of previous warning of sentients, to boycott the Statu-poulos was killed as he rushed to the Director of Prohibition En-tory Commission.-Reuter. forcement that two Federal agents would be present at each night Club
liquor flowed freely at most of the night Clubs and
Service.
Appeal to Non-Moslems,
Lahore, Sunday.
Capt. Fergusson's rescue,
The carriers who managed to cscape fled to the steamer pur- The latter
A strong posse of Police and sued by the Nuers. there were only four raids. Reuter's American Magistrates guarded the doors at were held at bay by the engineer the session of the Lahore section who fired a shotgun from the of the All-India Moslem League deck while the sai ors cut the which is meeting here.
mouring ropes. Amidst scenes of uproar and confusion e-resolution was passed
AIR LINER FOUND, inviting the leaders of all non-
LOCATED BETWEEN CAIRO AND BAGDAD.
ALL ABOARD WELL,
Cairo, Saturday. At the conclusion of an all-day search an airforce 'plune has located the missing Cairo-Bag- dad air liner 50 miles south of the
Moslem communities in India to come to A satisfac- [tory settlement with the Moslem community before the Simon Commission began its work, with a view to the joint, preparation of a draft Constitu- tion for India safeguarding the rights of all communities, to be, presented to the Simon Commis on or the British Parliament or both.
The Khilafatiats walked out as
RAILWAY SMASH;
THREE PASSENGER TRAINS COLLISION.
26 PERSONS INJURED,
Chicago, Sunday, Twenty-five persona have been Injured as the result of a collision between three passenger trains on the Chicago-Alton Railway.. One had stopped for water; a second
Air Force landing ground. The the deletion of the last clause of with the second, driving it into the a protest after failing to obtain halted behind; and a third collided air liner is called "LG5". Appar- the resolution.-Reuter, ently all aboard are well. Petrol
is being transported to enable thei
liner to proceed.-Reuter.
Arabs Friendly.
Sill Another Resolution.
Calcutta, Sunday.
The Anti-Commission Section
of the All-India Moslem League,
rear of the first trafa-Reyter's American Service.
.DANCER DEAD.
Paris, Yesterday. The death is announced of the
tcr..
Bagdad, Sunday. which is meeting here, passed a The principal fear associated resolution, with two dissentients, with the missing Cairo-Bagdad calling on Moslems not to deal air liner that the passengers with the Simon Commission-famous dancer, Lole Fuller-Reu- would receive short shrift at the Reuter.
hands of the nomadic Araba- proved unfounded when an Air Force aeroplane landed and found
Steps are being taken to re ward the tribesmen to encourage,
a similar spirit in future-Reu-
ter.
[A message from Bagdad, dated Saturday, stated:-
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1 Calcutta, Sunday.
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