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AIR RAID MADE ON DATE OF INDIAN
AFGHAN TRIBE.
RESULT OF APPROACH
TO PESHAWAR.
WARNING MERELY FOLLOWED BY
BLOCKING OF
ROAD.
CONFERENCE.
IMPORTANT MEETING IN OCTOBER.
VICEROY ABIDES BY POLICY STATED LAST YEAR.
APPEAL TO PUBLIC.
Simla, May 12.
The Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, has issued a statement emphasising that despite the
INDIAN POSITION REVIEW disturbances the Government is
An Afghan tribe which penetrated to within twenty miles of Peshawar blocked the roads with felled trees after a definite warning had been issued to their leader that the party must return. The Feshawar authorities accordingly carried out an air raid, but at the moment no details have been received regarding the results of this. The raid, however, is said to have had a good moral effect and that some members of the tribe are now hiding in caves.
"The general situation is at present well under control and the resources of the Government are fully organised to resist the forces of lawlessness and disorder," says a telegram from the Government of India which has been circulated to Members of Parliament and which gives a comprehensive review of the situation.
The trial of Abbas Tyabji opened at Jalalpur when the civil disobedience leader expressed pleasure at his arrest and said the prosecution was futile as the whole country was up against the present system. of Government. His volunteers, also charged, affirmed their bellef in sedition and their desire to destroy the Government.
SITUATION WELL UNDER CONTROL.
aroused in the towns. The activi
determined to abide by the policy which he announced on November 1 last year. Steps were being taken, he said, to arrange for the assembling of an Indian Conference in London on October 20.
He added that this date Was
later than in some respects he would have wished, but it would offer the delegates from India The advantage of establishing personal relations with the Dominion re- presentatives at the Imperial Con-
ference.
ference would follow immediately the conclusion of the Imperial Conference.
The opening of the Indian Con-
Lord Irwin also emphasises that the constructive work such as they are all eager to begin was only prejudiced and obstructed by disorder. He therefore appeals to all persons throughout India to consider these facts calmly and dispassionately.-Renter.
Policy Re-affirmed,
In his statement of policy last year, the Viceroy said in part:
India was stated in the Declaration The goal of the British policy in
London, May 12. During the course of a lengthy ties of Congress have succeeled explanation of the Indian situation in producing in many large towns given in the House of Commons an atmosphere which easily leads to-day, Mr. Wedgewood Benn stated to outbreaks of violence on such of August, 1917, to be that of pro- that the Haji of Turangzai with occasions as the arrest of impor-viding for the gradual development his followers had approached to tant leaders. within twenty miles of Peshawar. Prompt measures have in all of self-governing institutions with He was definitely warned on May gases heen taken to prevent any view to the progressive realisa- 10 to depart. He responded to this local disorders, They have been tion of responsible government in warning by blocking the high road brought rapidly to order and the India as an integral part of the with felfed trees.
local effects have usually heen British Empire. transient.
An air raid was accordingly car ried out yesterday (Coffiervative cheers) with what result was not
known at present.
Good Mural Effect.
This is confirmed by a Reuter
his
REGISTRATION OF MUI-TSAI
NEARLY 1,400 DURING THE PAST MONTH.
-
EFFECT OF CIRCULAR,
+
Up to yesterday the total num- ber of mui-tsai registered with the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, in accordance with the requirements of the Mi-Tsai Ordinance which passed through the Legislative Council nearly six months ago, was 1,686, a large number of whom have been registered during the last few weeks.
F COFT 19 CHATS
EM PER ANNUM
BRITISH MASTER SUMMONED.
VESSEL SAID TO BE OVERLOADED.
INTERESTING CASE AT THE
MARINE COURT.
DRAUGHT QUESTION.
Mr. T. B. Low, of the Harbour
Office, gave evidence this morn matter this morning, Mr. A. E. at the Marine Court before the Interviewed in connexion with the ing when hearing was resumed Wood pointed out that the Ordi-Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., nance requiring the registration of mui-tsai in the Colony gave a period
of the case in which Capt. D. of six months for registrations to Thomas, master of the river be made, and explained that that steamer Tin Yat, had been sum- period would end on May 31.
allegedly having time after the Ordinance had been 27th.
moned for Mr. Wood stated that for some over-loaded his vessel on April passed the response was very slow. As it was considered that the rea- son for this was because people did not fully understand what was re- mundandu
BRITISH WAR-TANKS FOR
CHINA.
Eleven Supplied: Twelve More Ordered.
COMMONS STATEMENT.”
London, May 12.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Frank Owen, Liberal member for Hereford, asked whether recent negotia- tions had occurred with the Government for the delivery. of British tanks to China.
Mr. Hugh Dalton, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replied: Not a far as His Majesty's Government is con- cerned, but, at the request of the Nanking Government, a British firm recently supplied eleven tanks and contracted to deliver twelve more.-Reuter.
RN: ALCAT
These were
"My own Instrument of Instrue.quired of them, between 20,000 and 30,000 explanatory circulars tions from the King Emperor were issued a few weeks ago expressly states it is His Majesty's through members of the District will and pleasure that the plan Watch Committee. laid by Parliament in 1919 (Gov- freely distributed by members of ernment of India Act) should be the force to houses in their dif- the means whereby British India ferent districts, both in Hongkong may attain its due place among his Dominions.
and Kowloos.
The arrest of Gandhi, partly in consequence of the careful precau- tions taken by the local authori tics, has produced less disorder than might have been auticipated and probably less than would have taken place some week earlier. Peshawar which message from
Sporadic riots followed states that an aerial demonstration arrest, but they were serious only
In brief, the circular called at- against a small concentration under at Calcutta, Delhi and Sholapur.
tention to the requirements of the the eldest son of the Hajj of Turs in Calentta they were of short moreover, have more than once Ordinance, that all mui-teai must be angzai in Mohmand territory had duration and the authorities had publicly declared that it is the de-registered before May 31, 1930, a good moral effect.
The message little difficulty in exercising effec-sire of the British Government with a warning that if they were adds that some of the Mohmands tive control.
that India should, in the fullness are now hiding in caves.
of time, take her place in the Empire in equal partnership with the Dominions.
A Simla message states that the Prevention of Seditious Meetings! Act, recently applied to the Haji of Turanzai in Mohmand ter- ritury had a good moral effect. The message adds that some of the Mohmands are now hiding in caves.
revention of Seditious Mesinge Act, recently applied to the Pesawar district, hnd now been extended to the entire Frontier Province.
The General Situation.
Non-Violence a Myth.
In Delhi they were more serious, but control of the situation was
never lost and conditions are fast returning to normal.
"The Ministers of the Crown,
Implicit Interpretation.
not registered before June 1 at the latest, the employer would be lia- ble to a fine of $250. The circular stated that up to the date of its issue, April 14, 1930, only 200 mui- tagi had been registered.
Mr. Wood continued that the effect
"But, in view of the doubts of that notice had been very good. At Sholapur, it is reported, which have been expressed both It had brought home to the people three policemen were murdered in Great Britain and India regard-what was required of them and had under circumstances of extreme ing the interpretation so he placed resulted in what might be called
rutality. The situation, however, on the intentions of the British a "spate of registration." was reported to have been brought Government in enacting the Since then, registration had in- under control the same day. A Statute of 1919, I am authorised creased very rapidly and it was con- company of troops was moved in on behalf of His Majesty's Govern-sidered that an excellent response rapidly from Ahmednagar, and onment to state clearly that, in their was now being made. the 9th the town was quiet. On judgment, it is implicit in the de-
According to the Census of 1921,
The Secretary of India. Mr the 19th, however, there were fur-claration of 1917, that the natural there were 8,653 multasi in the
·
DUNLOP
British and Bast.
LASTENDEM
British and Best.
WOODFULL GETS A PLANES BOMBING
CENTURY.
AUSTRALIANS DISMISSED FOR 320 RUNS.
YORKSHIRE MATCH.
London, May 12. Rain at Sheffield interferred with the match between the Aus- tralian Test team and Yorkshire to-day, the wicket being wet in the morning and making play impos- sible.
The match was resumed at 2.15 in the afternoon when the Aus-
tralians continued their innings.
CHENGCHOW.
BARRACKS & HOUSES DESTROYED.
NATIONALISTS TAKE MAMUTSI RAILWAY STATION.
BIG BATTLES SOON.
barracks and hundreds
of
Shanghai, May 12..
ed a total of 155, the feature of Lung-Hai line), the continued The Nationalist capture of On Saturday Yorkshire compil- Mamutsi railway station (on the the day's play being the remark-bombardment by the Govern- able bowling of Grimmett who took ment aeroplanes of Chengchow all ten Yorkshire wickets for 37 city, resulting in the military runs. The Australians scored 69 before stumps were drawn until residences being destroyed, and this morning.
By late in the afternoon the
the arrival of Shansi reinforce- Australians had taken their totalments along the Lung-Hai Rail- Witness stated that at about up to 274 for the loas of six wic way, indicating an early out- 9.30 p.m. on April 27, he examin-kets. Woodfull again put up a break of hostilities against the ed the lond-line of the s.s. Tin Yat, bright batting performance and Nationalist Army on which was then lying alongside the added another century to the Aus-scale, are among the important a large Ping On Wharf. As a result of tralian's rapidly growing list in developments in the war during this examination, he found the the present tour. He compiled a the past twenty-four hours. starboard 'load-line of the vessel total of 121 in four hours at the to be submerged seven inches in wicket, hitting twelve fours. Don water and the port side one inch. Bradman was again in form with He then informed the master, the bat, his total of 78 including Capt. Thomas, that his vessel was seven fours. over-loaded and asked him to
examine the load-line himself or send his mate to do so.
Chengchow Attacked.
After assailing Loyang and destroying the railway station
The Yorkshire bowlers gave lit-there, a squadron of Nationalist tle away during the rest of the aeroplanea commenced a severe day and the Australians were all attack on the Kuominchun strong- out for 320.
hold at Chengchow yesterday with the result that numerous houses and shops wore destroyed. tack on the city has caused con- The determined Nationalist at- sternation among the residents. In view of the large number of bombs dropped by aeroplanes, the Kuominchun Commanders, includ General Lu Chung-iin, and Gen- ing Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, era! Sun Tien-ying, who were con- ferring at Chengchow, are at pre- sent in the trenches with the soldiers.
Evidence Not Admissible.
Nottinghamshire Win. Capt. Thomas then sent a mem- ber of his ship's company (who,shire won by an innings and 45 At Nottingham, Nottingham- witness
was later told, was the runs against Somershire. The Chief Engineer) to examine the home team made 295 for the loss load-line and this officer agreed of nine wickets in the first innings, with witness that the ship was declaring at this total. over-loaded.
Somerset then went into bat, but they made a poor showing against the Nottinghamshire bowlers, the whole team being dismissed for 107. Following on they had little
His Worship:-1 am afraid
the Chief Cannot accept what Engineer told you as evidence.
Continuing, witness said he later asked the master if he were
better success in the second in- satisfied that the ship was over-nings when they complied a total loaded.
His Worship again pointed out that he could not accept that.
Mr. Low then went on to say that he with-held the vessel's clearance until the vessel had dis- charged such a quantity of cargo as to bring her up to the required | marks. He then returned the clearance to the master, this being at about 0.40 a.m. oa April 28.
Captain's Suprise,
Mr. Marton (for the defence):- When you told the master that his vessel was over-loaded, surprised?
Witness:Yes.
was he
Very surprised? Well, as far as i remember, his actual words when I saw him were these: "If this draught given me is correct, she cannot be over-loaded."
In answer to further questions by Mr. Marton, witness said that according to his measurements, the vessel had a draught of 10 feet 3 inches forward and 11 feet 2
inches aft.
'
Mr. Marton: When you went into the master's cabin, did he show you the draught marks?—He had a chit with him.
Wedgwood Benn, has circulated other mob demonstrations and ad-issue of India's constitutional pro- Colony, of whom 5,959 were under don't remember.
cete-
Members of Parliament a gram from the Indian Government dated yesterday containing appreciation of the general situa- tion in India.
ditional troops are being despatch-gress as there contemplated is the 14 years of age.
ed.
attainment of Dominion Status.
20
A feature of the demonstrations
"In the full realisation of this following the arrest of Gandhi policy it is evidently important The telegram says: "In our was the hostility shown towards that the Indian States should be appreciation of 24th April we the Police and
WAS
Government
of- afforded an opportunity of finding said the salt campaign showed ficials. The hollowness of claim-their place, and even if we cannot signs of languishing in many ing that the movement is non-
at present exactly foresee on what uncertam violent is becoming increasingly lines this development may be places and it whether it would remain the chief apparent.
shaped, it is from every point of plan for propaganda much longer. The military authorities have It has now been definitely aban-given most valuable assistance be done should be done to ensure view desirable that whatever can doned in some provinces and else- throughout and the spirit shown that any action taken now is not where continues, except perhaps by the troops and Police has been inconsistent with the attainment In the Bombay Presidency, in a excellent. desultory manner only.
of the ultimate purpose which those, whether in British India or the Indian States; who look for
Results
on the Government revenues havel
been negligible.
Interest of Tribes.
The real affect achieved has In regard to the North-Westward to some unity of all India been to arouse a spirit of lawless Frontier Province no rioting has have in view. ness and defiance of authority and,
occurred in Peshawar since 23rd
to give impetus to the forces of April and no opposition has been
The Best Approach. disorder which its organisers are offered to the arrest of persons re- unable to restrain. It was accom-, quired by the Police, most of whom "His Majesty's Government con- alder that both these objects, panied by efforts to strengthen the have been apprehended. boycott of liquor shope and of Conditions in the Bannu and namely, that of finding the best foreign goods, especially of cloth. Kohat Districts are disturbed, and approach to the British Indian side the Seditious Meetings Act which of the problem and, secondly, of Gandhi Arrest Effects. is already in force in Peshawar ensuring that in this process the It must be understood that all District is being applied to them. Wider ouestion of closer relations these activities are incidental to a The Haji of Turanzai still retains parts of Greater India is not over-
in the future between the
two
SIMON COMMISSION REPORT
TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT MONTH.
Did he show you this chit?—I
Did he tall you what the marks were?—Yes.
What did he tell you?—10 feet 3 inches forward and 11 feet aft.
That would make-
+
mean
of 143.-Reuter.
CLOTH PROFITEERING
IN BOMBAY.
City Devastated,
Messages from Chengchow atate that the Kuominchun Commanders are helpless in face of the Nationalist attacks from the air, while the city presents a picture of complete ruination and devas-
PROPOSED FIXED PRICES FOR | tation.
NATIVE GOODS.
Nationalist planes have dropped handbills into Chengchow declar Bombay, May 12. ing that the Nanking Government Thut the Bombay cotton mill in- is offering a reward of $100,000 dustry is bestirring itself with a for the head of sither Marshal view to turning the present coun-Feng Yu-hsiang or Marshal Yen try-wide boycott of foreign cloth to Hsi-shan.
the best account is indicated in a statement by the Millowners' As- sociation stressing the desirability of organised price control, in order that consumers shall not be pena- lised as a result of the Swadeshi movement (in favour of Indian- made goods).
In view of the present profiteer- ing, the Association proposes that the prices at which the mills shall sell their goods shall be periodically published, and a Sub-Committee shall be appointed to examine prices and investigate cases of profiteer- ing.-Reuter.
BANK OF ENGLAND FORGERIES.
NOTES CIRCULATING IN SHANGHAL.
Paris, May 12. The French secret police have
Similar and smaller rewards are promised to the Kuominchun Divisional and Brigade comman- ders who are willing to surrender to Nanking.
Marshal Yen Hai-shan, accord- ing to Taiyuanfu mesasges, has instructed a squadron of Shansi bombing planes to leave for the Honan front in view of the serious situation at Chengchow.
The majority of the planes left Taiyuanfu yesterday. A division of Shansi troops is also understood to have arrived on the Lung-Hai Railway from Shantung.
Lung-Hai Fighting.
The fierce encounters between the Kuominchun and Nationalist forces along the Lung-Hai Rail- way at Kwefteh and Mamutai have
been continued, and it is reported from the front that, with the assistance of heavy artillery, the Nationalist forces have cap
draught of 10-feet 71⁄2 inches? arrested four members of a gang tured Mamutsi railway station.
Yes
Certain of Readinga, Are you certain that your read- London, May 12. ings of 11 feet 2 inches were cor- Wedgwood Benn, Secretary for tain. The figures I gave cannot In the House of Commons, Mr.rect? Yes, as far as I can ascer- India, announced that the first be more than two inches out at volume of the Simon Commission's the most. It might have been 11 Report (the Historical Survey) feet one, two or three. would be published on June 10th, and the second volume (the Com- mission's Recommendations) June 4th.Reuter..
ENGLISH GIRL'S FLIGHT.
on
of international forgers--a Pole, a Russian and two Rumanians
A brief telegram from Hsuchow
on à charge of forging Bank of makes no reference to Mamuts! England notes of £50 each. city and it is expected that the Forged notes of this denomina-Kuominchun troops still hold part tion have been circulating in of it, despite the fact that the Europe. America and China, railway station is in the hands of
were printed in Berlin-Reuter.
the Nanking forces. particularly Shanghai.
It is believed that the notes
COMMUNAL RIOTING IN ASSAM.
HUNDRED CASUALTIES MAR FESTIVAL,
Shillong, May 12.
An Independent report says that the main body of the defeated. Kuominchun troopa was. Been retreating towards Kweiteh yester day evening. Skirmishes between the opposing armles are taking place in the environs of Kweltel, which is still in the hands of the Kuominchun defenders.
Witness went on to say that the sea was choppy but no unusually so. At any rate, the choppiness on that particular night did not affect the reading of the marks as the water did not move up and down for more than three inches.
Telegraphic.communication he- Mr. Low, at. Mr. Marton's re-
tween Mamutsi and Hauchow, quest, showed how he read the
which was interrupted by Kuo- marks of the Tin Yat that night.
Three people were killed and 10 minchun interference, has been He said that when he examined the seriously injured in communal restored following the Nationalist REPORTED.
port side, he had one foot on a raft rioting which took place on Friday success. of the wharf and the other on the Calcutta, May 12. fender of the vessel. In this post- and Saturday at Digobi, following Mss Amy Johnson, the 22-year- tion he leaned over the side as far the Moslem sacrifice of a bullock : from England to Australia in a marks by means of a powerful torch hundred. The police
The total casualties wore a Inter small "Moth" pané, has arrived which he carried with him.
restored order, making 24. nrreats, here from Karachi-Reuter.
(Continued on Page 7.)
Reuter
'ARRIVAL AT CALCUTTA
general movement to stir up unrest the near border of Peshawar Disjooked, can test be achieved by the old English girl, who is dying forward, as he could and read the at the Bakrid Festival
and hostility to the Government. trict. The tribes generally are adoption of procedure such as Sir- We have previously referred to the watching with interest the course John Simon has outlined.
(Continued on Page 14.)
ease which excitement can be
(Continued on Page 8.)
Nationalist Plans,
The President of the National " Government, Marshal Chiang Kai- shek, conferred with his Divisional. (Continued on Page 14.)