, 1879-06-11
INDIA.


ranHfta IN konfon TINS.
C4tct.TrA Mar o5.-Deccan DAcoftits con-
Time to cnnso mitch exrltenen. II Wcstcsn
lmlta. In the more remote villages absolute
panic prevails. The poona authorities ass bust
investigating the origin oi tho 'res Suspicion
1t onse feta upoa young KraAsn!n ''n!ned
Kcshcw kristna, eon Of tho keeper OF the t'ov-
esufucus l,ouk depot. lie md messenger en-
plnyc,i In thc dcuot were accordingly arrested.
Ke.hcw has confessed that, acttuE uudcr the
orders Of certatn neahmins. whuso names he
rctnses to disclose, he bought Two tins Of kcso-
krnc oil anss took them to iflc book douot, after
/. closed Tor tho night. Being the Keepcr'aaon,hc
easily obtained access, collected heal, OF books
nul furniture, which he saturated will, oil. then
laying SLOW n,atch went out, locking the sioor
behintI hu. lie pursued n similar courso nj
1,oodhwor pafare. This confession Is 20 fur
whp to,, ,tln olt. The t,,aniry he!mg eonducsed
with closet doors, full dcta,fs arc stlf unknown,
hut kes.aew krtstua, the mcssenVor, a''s' another
nan urc co,ntnflted for trial. Ills VERY RcnrTai-
ly supposed tltat the destruction Of the ]soodh-
war isslnyc md the conrth it contained was ,hr
pEtncunl ohcct Of The inecndIarfes, nut thai the
W.t!.Ea.anag Palace, coutaiutue tho Edu-
ea,ton Department Offices. The High School,
nG .,ss ss' to '0N withdraw s attention from t,e
tnain enternrIte: Tint the paeoiee ara At ttle
iottoin o{ ths plot u accepted at Fouua a.
foreEone eone'us!on, nn two reaso1s each N.Y. ;
E s*t. aesl, psS,t 5 a Sak ssis"f1 IL 1 D,eo s
lcAdrr 1ntely captured, was confined In the DO
lice office adjoining boodhwar Palace, md one
explanation Is t5st the t!r!ng OF the palace *as
IN t!e way If an nttc1npt to rescue him. like the
planAtfot. IL ti,at !. WAS sought 10 sweep array
at one blow all registered decds aud other evil
tlcccs Of Indebtedness otl tic part Of the ry1ts
to money Lenders. Theirs, Is disposition III
OF tho natives In Poona, and It has been NJ
lcgcd that they refused TO give any assist
nleo towar}s extinguiehing the fires.
There seems. however, absolutely no ground
for tho alarutst rumora tint this muyc-
1nent is d great Atahralth revival or n deep
AMI widespread conspiracy to suhFeft the Gos-
ernu,en.. 1t Is situp!y all outlurst Of astart.n
mud which l,as attaioed unustn' proportion ow.
Ing tu the general distress In the Dcccan dis
trlGta and to the immunity which attended Tie
FIRST attempts nt robbery. There fs no doubt
otlprs, the notorious Wassa.lso bulwmnt
phadke, late clerk In The Military FlnaNrc. 0lltrc
III poona, whu Is beloved to be the directing
head. The majority Of the DacolLs, however.
thu character Of being 1awlcss and predatory.
The compulsory registration Of Its members
kent 1t III check for aoti,c ycars. bs,t this pre-
caution has recently been relaxed. The ham0o.
BtGH, moreover l6lt WuCA k[lCfSA W lHC bt!Et
enforcement Of tic Forests laws. whereby they
were deprived Of what thcy considered their
hereditary r!gllt,-tlut Of grazing cutie In the
| fureBts nnd waste lands.
Sluce the two grant fires a!scndy mentioned
attempts l,nye been made to burn unother
| buiiGin. i,r Poonn called Fuceaswarrt a1I also d
| house belonging to N1aharaiah Hotkar Both
attempts weru luckily discovered Ia tinlc nf!tt
| tic flames extinguehcl before mnct, harm was
| done. The Government Is taklnE active steps
| to tuut ,lownA Ahc pacolts. About |, 500 troops,
cavalry md iisautry, aEn asatsttlJ. thu police III
| t.eir pursuit.. Gcn. Ptitnrose, coutnaudue the
Pooua division, has becn s4l1nnnncd from
a,ailabtcs,war to roona. Tile hlllstntioll of
Ma,lernn has been garrfs0ncl by detachtnent
of iIatlyu infantry. Butll tl1rre anu at Poona
| no one Is allowed to wnlk out after
. IN the evening Without lRhscrI..
| nu Tuesday thirty po|tro, Under Ma].
Daniel, fell IL with and attacked over hundred
| Dacnts near kasur ncsant. -Four Dneotts were
| killed, including DowInt Ran, leader u the
| band, four were captured, MI! several wounded
All the uEnls III the band were taken, UNI boots
valued at lAc 0t rupees was recnyercd. II !:
assurtetl that Wassadco, HulHunt phuAkc Wns
t,rcecnt oil this occaston III 50, llu escaped. Thg
1atpat news ts tliut thu Government has 1feret
reward 1T 5,000 rupcca ft>r tile detection u tht
persons who iilstIeatcl lhc Pouna fires. lliotl
1T Kumpa, in the t;ot!avcry district of the sla'
d1as Presidency. arising, srcnl'ngly, from !
causG similar to tim OF tue Deccan Dacottes
i,ayc lately assumed somewhat Hnre serfou.
| aspect, and troops hovs been ordered thithes Il
thu assistance Of tho police.