The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-14
CHARGE BRITISH
WITH ATR0C|TY
Indian Statesmen Disclose At
tack by General Dyer on TO-
600 Unarmed Natives.
TWO ARRESTS START TROUBLE
Natives Seek to Present Petition for
Release Of Leaders and Are At
tackled by SoIdiers-1,000
Are Massacred.

New YOrk.-An attack by British
soldiers upon crowd of unarmed ma
tlves OF India, as they were seeking
to present to a British deputy commits
sioner a petition for the release of
TWO OF their leaders, led few days
later to the massacre Of 1000 Indians
In great square at Amritsar, in the
PunJab district of India in the spring
of 1919, says report prepared by the
Punjab subcommittee Of the Indian ma
tional congress.
Dissatisfaction among the natives
first became apparent with the pas
sage of the Rowlat bills, designed to
punish sedition.
All over the country resolutions
were passed by huge mass meetings
protesting against the law and de-
mandfng its repeal.
The trouble, the report states. be-
gan In earnest when two influential
natives, Doctors Kitchlew and Satya-
pal, were arrested and their friends
heard they We're to be deported.
Many Natives Killed.
The report continues with a descrip-
ton of the fight between natives and
soldiery, during which many of the
former We're killed and the survivors
unnamed to such pitch of fury that
they returned into the city and ap-
piled the torch to several principal
buildings.
Inc occurrence which directly led
to the subsequent wholesale massacres
IN the Jalleanwala Bagh the report |
asserts, was proclamation issued |
about this time by Gen. Dyer forbid
ding the natives to assemble publicly
The public meeting In the Jallean-
Wala Bagh," the report states. twas
called before the proclamation had
reached more than half the population.
shortly before the arrival of Gen. DYER
on the scene with ninety soldiers and
TWO armored cars, Hans Raj had taken
charge of the meeting, the audience
about 10000.
What happened afterward is given
by the Indian investigators in Gen.
Dyer's own words recorded during his
testimony at the subsequent inquiry
Jou 6ol " ute DdSn what
lid you do?" Gen. Dyer was asked.
Opened Fire in 80 Seconds.
opened fire. Immediately had
hought about the matter and don't
imagine 1t took me more than thirty
seconds to make up my mind as to h
What my duty was" he replied T
I'm firing, was it your object to dis Il
erse?" II
mo, sir. / was going to fire until "
hey dispersed"
Did you continue firing after they u
ad dispersed?" m
EYES," "
after the crowd indicated that it -.
as going to dispense, why did you W
OF stop?" hi
Il thought 1t was my duty to go on WI
1til they had dispersed. If fired dr
tile, l should be wrong in firing at 81
l." of
Continuing their report, the investi- Is
tors added ~
He, Gen. Dyer, said he continued IN
ing for about ten minutes, until he ca
d expended 1850 rounds Of ammuni-
N. He said he had made no provi- ph
IN for aiding or removing the wound ste
That was a medical question: he on
clared. =
One eye witness said: L saw hun
eds of persons killed on the spot.
e worst part Of the whole thing was
It firing was directed toward the
.es through which the people were
ing to run out. Many got tram
d under the feet Of the rushing
wds and thus lost their lives. There
re heaps Of bodies at different
ces. I think there must have been
r 1900"