The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-03
MOSLEMS OF INDIA MUTINouS.
TWENTY-FOUR NATIVE POLICEMEN
KILLED AT CALCUTTA.

Lives of the Entire European Colony
in Danger-War Cries and Vile Ep-
ithets Fiji the Air-European Wo-
men Grossly InsuIted-EurOpeams
stoned i'm the Streets and Dragged
From Their characterization sin
Full of Peril.
Calcutta, July 2.-In fighting, which
took place yesterday in the suburbs of
Chiporo betwene the police and rioters,
many policemen were injured. A party
of twenty-four members of the native po-
lice was surrounded by a mob and so
roughly handled that all of them are ex-
pected to die of the injuries they received.
The rioters suffered heavily, but they car
ried off their dead and wounded
A compromise on the plague measures
having been arranged between the authori-
ties and the rioters, the disturbances have
ceased. The absence of rain is causing
the greatest anxiety throughout India.
The rioting arose out of the growing
practice of the Mohammedans of seizing
and refusing to pay rent for certain So
called mosques, built contrary to the ten
cts of the Mohammedan religion on
ground belonging to infidels.
The demolition of a mud hut, also called
a mosque, led to the outbreak. The riot
ers were continually reinforced in re-
sponse to kilograms sent up the country
in which they appealed to all true Mo-
hammedans to come to the aid of their
coreligionists.
For forty-eight hours the police and mil
itary were repeatedly obliged to clear the
streets. Detached parties of Mohamme-
dams stoned Europeans wherever they
found them, in some cases dragging them
from their galleries.
All telegraphic lines were cut and build
ings containing Europeans were besieged.
There were many narrow escapes. They
shouted war cries and vile epithets and
grossly insulted the European women.
In several parts of Calcutta it is still
dangerous for Europeans to go about and
1t is likely to remain SO, owing to the ma
ture of the compromise by which the riot
was brought to an end. The trouble is
greatly increased by the absence of higher
officials, most of whom are now in the
nlllS. InOSe VINO remained Denlnd neSlla-
ted to undertake the responsibility of eX-
treme measures. The result was that the
troops were not allowed to fire or take the
offensive, even when exposed to every
kind of indignity and insult.
Their behavior and self-restraint under
the circumstances was admirable.
1t is understood that the compromise is
based upon the unconditional surrender
OF the lands; but it is believed that this
concession will prove a standing menace
to the safety of the Europeans, as the
rioters will celebrate the victory through
out all India. In spite of the cessation of
the riots, the situation is regarded as ex-
tremely grave, and it is felt that unless
some official Is vested with plenary powers
during the absence of the governing au,
: thorities, European citizens will be COM
y peled to act on their own responsibility.
London, July 2.-The newspapers Of this
city express anxiety at the occurrences
in India, intimating that the mass of the
natives there are less content under Brit
ish rule than was generally believed, and
that a rebellion of unpleasant proportions
MAY be threatening. Constant communi-
cations are passing between the Indian
and home governments.