Sir Michael O'Dwyer Shot Dead By Fanatic
SENSATIONAL
LONDON OUTRAGE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
SIR MICHAEL O'DWYER, FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE PUNJAB, WAS SHOT DEAD AT A MEET- ING OF THE INDIA ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT BY AN INDIAN GUNMAN, WHO ALSO WOUNDED LORD ZETLAND, SECRETARY FOR INDIA, WHO ESCAPED WITH A SLIGHT BULLET GRAZE.
Sir Louis Dane, former Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, was wounded and had his arm broken. Lord Lamington, former Governor of Bom- bay, also received arm injuries, while Brigadier- General Sir Percy Sykes, a well-known authority on the Middle East, who was standing next to Lord Zetland, was unhurt.
The shooting occurred at the close of a crowded meeting in Caxton Hall, London. Lord Zetland
fell by the
side of the presidental chair and Lord Lamington and Sir Louis Dane were seen to be hit.
A man clasping a gun was heard to shout "Make way" and dashed down. the crowded aisle towards the door.
For a moment there was; a stampede
but two men jumped on him.
ASSASSIN ARRESTED
WAR COSTING SIX MILLIONS A DAY
London, To-day,
Bir John Simon; Chancellor of the Exchequer, moving. the vote for a credit of £700,000,000 in the House of Commons yesterday,
said that the Army, Air Force and nearly £4,000,000 dally.
Ministry of Supply were 'costing
Lumping together all expendi-' ture, including Debt charges and social services, 'Britain was at present spending about £6,500,- 000 a day. Reuter.
FINNISH TROOPS GET SHOCK
Stockholm, To-day. CAMPAIGN
The assassin is an Indian subject It is
is reported from
named Mahomed Azad, 37.
He is being charged with the mur-Helsinki that the Finnish
der of Sir Michael O'Dwyer and shoot-
FINNISH LOSSES IN
LABOUR UNREST IN COLONIES
London, To-day.
Mr. A. Creech Jones (Lab. Shipley) asked in the House of Commons yesterday what steps were taken to improve the conditions of harbour workers in Singapore and whether steps were being taken to evict strikers from their homes.
Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, the Colon- ies Secretary, said he was asking the Governor for information on the pre- sent situation.
Replying to supplementary questions by Mr. Creech Jones, Mr.' Macdonald said he was not certain that people were being evicted but as soon as he got a report he would take any pro-
Oslo, To-day. per action.
According to the "Arbeider There was Ministerial dissent when ing with intent to murder Lord Zet- troops were astonished Bladet," Finnish losses in the Mr. Ernest Shinwell
land, Lord Lamington and Sir Louis when they got the order Russian campaign total asked whether it was not singular that to cease fire; most of 17.000 men, including 2,000 ly all the colonies since Mr. Macdon-
Dane. He will appear at Bow Street police court to-day.
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No-one in the audience of 150 was allowed to leave the meeting or tele- phone for two hours and a half.
The police threw a cordon round the
them had not heard that
(Lab, Seaham)
there had been labour unrest in near-
and officers
non-commis-ald assumed office. sioned officers, while mater made no reply.--Reuter.
a peace agreement had ial damage exceeds £8,000,000.
building and took statements from been signed.
everybody present.
` BULLET IN CLOTHES
Lord Zetland told a reporter: "I heard a bang close to me and then a sharp pain in my ribs. It knocked me out and while I was down I heard more shooting."
A bullet was found in Lord Zet- land's clothes at the hospital.
The shooting occurred at the close of the crowded meeting and a short dark thick-set Indian was seen to make his way towards the press table.
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As the scream of shells died down on the Karelian Isthmus the silence was almost uncanny.
For many of the men all that the coming of peace meant for the mo- ment was a chance to sleep.
On the Isthmus the defenders had been holding their positions prac- tically without sleep for months, and they had reached the point when they fought and marched al- most mechanically.
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Despite the hard conditions Norwegians greeted the peace relief.
most with
The newspapers emphasise that help for Finland is now more neces- sary than ever.
In Stockholm, the Swedish Finland" · committee appeals Swedleh people to "help our nation."-Router.
QUITE SAFE
"Help to the sister
One effect of the Finnish withdrawal | "CHARLES F. MEYER" There were four shots in rapid from sections of the front will be to succession and Sir Michael O'Dwyer leave part of the war material cap- was seen to fall to the ground,tured by the Finns in Russian hands.
Reuter. bleeding profusely from a wound In the chest.
The Amritsar shooting affair occur red while Sir Michael O'Dwyer was Governor-General of the Punjab. The commander of the troops at Amritsar, General Dyer, was relieved of his com- mand because of the shooting.-Reu- ter.
CONTRABAND CONTROL
London, To-day.
The Ministry of Economic Warfare announces that there were 23 neutral ships in the three United Kingdom contraband control bases yesterday, whereof 14 had been three four days or less.
During the week ending March 9 the contraband committee considered the cargoes of 86 ships, which had arrived since March 2, and 47 cargoes from the previous week. In 68 cases the entire cargoes were released.- Heuter.
GINGER ROGERS GETS ́HER DIVORCE
Los Angeles, To-day. Ginger Rogers yesterday was grant- ed a divorce on the ground that her husband, Lew Ayres, deserted her. Reuter.
Mr. Macdonald
DEBATE ON WAR
PLANNED
LONDON, TO DÀY.
COMMONS IS THE HOUSE OF LIKELY TO DEBATE THE WAR ON TUESDAY, WHEN IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL REVIEW THE WHOLE SITUATION. The debate will enable the ques- that tion of Finland to be raised, while the 10,000-ton British tanker Charles the Opposition wish to raise a num- with the byber of questions dealing Moscow, To-day. F. Meyer, which was damaged
It is
London, To-day. authoritatively stated
The four Finnish delegates left for an explosion on March 4, is now safe- | war. Stockholm by air yesterday afternoon. ly in harbour with her cargo in-
Reuter.
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