The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
OF
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Golden Age.)

General Shuts, president of the South African Union, one of the most active supporters of the Allied cause during the world war says that the British Empire is dead, having ceas- ed to exist in August, 1914. This is too strong a statement, although it cannot be denied that the authority of the empire over many of it's com ponent parts, Canada, South Africa and Australia. is much less than for merly, and that the situation in India is far from what the great colonjzer of the world could desire it to be.
 One of the prime policies of British statesmen is to keep the southern part of Asia. all the way from Siam to Palestine, from falling into the dis order which has so marked the north eern portions of the great continent during the past year; and as India is at the center of this line, and fabu- lous in wealth and population, there is particular concern over outbreaks which have occurred and others which are threatened as a result of the spread of Soviet government throughout Central Asia right up to India's back door in the northwest
  year in India, out of which Britain emerged with more loss than gain, is that at Amritsar, in April, 1919. Ac- cording to statements made before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it appears that 6,OOO.000 natives of India died of starvation during the last three months of 1918, as a result of the great withdrawal of resources /, -;4 Sc estimated that during 1918 and 1919 the loss of life on this ground was 32,00O,O0O and that 15O,O00, 900 more went hungry most of the time. en- deavoring to maintain life by eating roots, leaves and kernels of old nuts, 15 per cent. of their gross earnings of $10 per year being required for the maintenance of the government
 This condition of things led to much unrest in various places; and among these was Amritsar, where two men named Satyapa1 and Kitchiew were involved as leaders. These men were arrested and taken away from the city, whereat the populace ~retaliated by capturing the telegraph office burning the town hail and a mission station, attacking a hospital and loot IIlS d D1Ilh- III QuelllHS lhSSe u1SOT- ders II natives were killed, and or ders were issued forbidding within the city the assembly of more than four persons. During the uprising g doctor, Miss Sherwood, was attacked on a street.
 Four days later the commandine general learned that in violation of his order a vast concourse of people was | gathered in a sunken garden in 6 suburb listening to a lecture The audience has been various1y estimated at from 5000 to several times tha1 number. General Dyer proceeded tc ! the place with a small company O i British and native troops, stationed 1 the soldiers in commanding position. and, without ordering the crowd tc i disperse, fired into it 1850 rounds O | ammunition, killing between 400 ant | 500 unarmed natives, and woundinE may others.
 Machine guns would have beer ! used, so the general explained, bu ] the door to the gardens was too mar row to admit of entrance.
 The general explained before tn, parliament Investigating committe. l that he thought he had done quit, the right thing under the c;rcum stances, though he admitted tha martial law had not been extended to the suburb in question and that h, had done nothing for the relief of tn, wounded after the shooting. It wa | brought out in the questioning tha his superior officer, Michael O'Dwyer Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab l had afterward approved his cours and promoted him to another com ] maud.
 Before leaving the stand Genera Dyer defended his policy of flogginj
 the natives, also his order that an | Indian passing through the street i, | which. Miss Sherwood was attacke
 must crawl through on all fours. H
 admitted in his testimony that tn
 rrowd was unarmed, that it migh | have disaaEaad H14AAAAz- R 1> A>-