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Moslem reaction to the assumption of office today hands we have ever seen became of India's new interim Government headed by exciting only after a mistake the Congress President, Pandit Jawaharlal spoil the hauds, from our point Nehru, in New Delhi, boosted the riot death of view, since we have never against consistently toll here tonight to 66, as Moslem black flags played
porfect defence and nover ex- signalled new clashes throughout the city.
That being no, it's A day and night curfew, emptying the streets of the city until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, was en- forced today as the riots spread to hitherto untouched areas of the city. Later an official announcement said the situation was "casier." Fifteen were killed and 57 injured in riots be- tween 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., thus bringing the total casualties since yesterday's initial outbreaks to 66 dead and 235 injured.
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Another 10,000 troops stood rendy outside the city and the 9.925 ton cruiser Norfolk was aveared in the harbour ready to be called upon for assistance. In New Delhi, where the members of the new interim government were sworn in car ly today, Pandit, Nehru was reported to have outlined to a press conference its plans for
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Police used tehr gas, opened the Moalem people to repudiate fire four times and mado 5001 the civil nuthority of the so- arrests. Troops, operating on called laterim government",and a pre-arranged plan, patrolled called on Mohammed All Jin- with armoured vehicles, while nah, the League President, to 2,000 other British and Indian formulate programme troops stood by.
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Police arreated three Nationa- list Moslems and two members of the Moslem League on riot charges today after an uproar at a Nationalist Moslem meet-
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West's double of three clubs policy. The Provincial League,
was distinctly unsound and led which had been mooting for
his partner to double three dia- two days, also endorsed a re-
authorising the pro- monds. But that contract could solution vincia! President to name his have been defeated if the de- hnd beon at all com- PICCHOr whenever he was of fence the opinion that he himself was petent.
as its
West led the ten of hearts, taken "unlikely to function" head. The committee further and dummy's King was
his by Erst's Acc. A club return empowered the President successor to act for the work- at this point would have cook- ed South's goose, but East ing committee in any emergen. cy in which the committee "can foolishly returned a low heart, obliging West to win with the not properly function."
nine. West could have return- ed a spade safely enough, but he made the worst blunder of the hand by returning a heart -supposing, no doubt, that his partner was out of hearts and could over-ruff the dummy.
This gave South his opper-
and tunity,
ho rose to the occasion. He ruffed in the dum- my and discarded the spado Ace! After that little bit of brilliance, he cashed dummy's King and Queen of spades, dis- carding low clubs from his own hand. Next he led the Queen (Continued on Col., 4)
New System A Gazette Extraordinary an- nounced Nehru'a appointment as Vice-President of the new Government, with Field Marshal Lord Wavell, the Viceroy, as President. Ifis Government, Pandit Nehru said, scught com. plete and full independence for
Door Opened Indin and "inevitably the co-
Stabbing, offrays were re- operation of every Indian in ported to have taken place in thin country." The Govern- Allahabad and buses were ment would, he said, be run by stoned in Calcutta today. Indians for the benefit of In- A later report from Bombay dians. "We are ultimately stated that arяon was suspect- aiming at feeding, clothing, el when a school building in housing, educating ang provid- the riot belt went up in flames. fire engines were ing better sanitary conditions] Fourteen
for 400,000,000," he said. "In rushed to the blaze and fire order to achieve this the prac- fighters battled the outbreak tise of the Viceroy's Govern- for nearly an hour before ment, each department func- bringing it under control. tloning individually and report- ing directly to the Viceroy, will be scrapped in favour of a corporate whole."
Nehru, temporarily holding the portfolios of several mom bera of the Government who were absent from New Delhi today, visited the Central head- quarters in his acting capacity of Minister of Defence. He inspected the war room and the joint operation roem.
Call For Action Meanwhile reports from Lahore, Punjab, indicated that Moslem resentment of the new Government was by no means confined to the riot centre of Bombay. The working com- mittee of the Punjab Provin-
In New Delhi, Gandhi, ad- dressing a prayer meeting to- night said: "The whole of In- dia has waited, watched and suffered for this day. We can say the door to complete in- dependence has at long last bean opened.
"For this, whatever our past quarrels with the British Gov- ernment, we must thank them for they have come to will- ing understanding with obr leaders," he added.-Reuter,
(Continued From Col. 5) of diamonds from the dunimy, and by capturing one of Easta honours made sure of Isaing only the trump trick South thus lost two hearts, a club, cial Moslem League today re- and a tromp, making his con- corded..."the determination of truck.
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