| Show Armed Might of Britain Brit in Hurled Into Bombay I AFGHANISTAN IRAN I- I Ar a I Litho Lahore Quetta c Delhi if I S z f J rN r l J KARACHI D I A J Ar Arabian b on Sea rn BOMBAY I J o 9 STATUTE S T A TUTe MilES Map locates Karachi A and Bombay B centers of ot the rebellion being staged against the British In India The revolt re was touched I off when Indian seamen seized a number of naval vessels AP Al Map 1 Rioting Mobs ignore Machine Gun Gw Bursts 1 mAY BOMBAY Feb 22 INS R INS Indian seamen FrI FrIday Friday FrIday Fri day night were reported ready to end their mutiny which A touched off a a. series of outbursts in Bombay where 30 persons were killed d and amI some injured BOMBAY Feb 22 UP wide City wide City civilian riots touched off by a seamen's mutiny flamed in Bombay Friday amid machine gun fire British troops planes and warships converged on the city of which A A. E. E Caffin deputy deput po police cc commissioner declared to be in a state of absolute rebellion The royal Indian navy mutiny continued here but at Karachi parachute troopers with artillery fired for 25 minutes on the Hindustan ton 1000 sloop seized by rebellious seamen and forced the mutineers to run up the white flag In Bombay rifle and machine machine- gun fire crackled in many sections against mobs which beat stoned and knifed their victims set Jet fire to many police pollee and military trucks and private cars smashed store and bank windows and went on a a. looting spree Unofficial figures Indicated the death toll In Fridays Friday's street fightIng fighting fighting fight fight- ing might total 50 or or- more with upward of or wounded One hospital hos hoe pital alone had a list of 30 dead most of whom were listed as dead on arrival Hundreds of ot British tommies poured Into the city in trucks trucks and and armored cars wi with th orders to to fire as occasion d demanded A A heavy force torce of planes of bomber planes arrived at airfields ringing the city In Inthe harbor mutinous Indians still In control of a flotilla of 10 small were faced by the advance advance ad ad- vance vanc guard of a strong royal navy force ordered here to 6 put pu putdown f down the mutiny Heavy artillery artillery- W was being sent to the th city Prime Minister AttIca In ton Ion L don told the house of ot commons that that- the India all-India congress party had ha l officially disclaimed dis participation tion in the mutiny but left wing wint elements clementS and c communists an are are trying try try- In ing to work up sympathy The mutineers have been told that only unconditional surrender will be accepted accepted ac he said A British cruiser shortly would arrive on the scene he added Two small British nava naval vessels H M S Nith an escort frig te with witha a norma normal c complement t tf of f m men n and H M S S' Seabelle a a. yacht yacht- type vessel each with ith inch Inch four guns steamed steam d' d Into the A 9 p in so curfew Was was was' Imposed Advanced headquarters of ot the southern Indian command were set fiet setup setup up In Bombay with Lt Ge Gen R. R RM l M. M Lockhart In s supreme preme cor command n nd of all Royal Indian navy army and anny-and and air forces as the British moved to fo cope with the mutiny War ar Secy Sety Philip Mason estimated estimated esti cat mated that nearly Indian sailors were involved In the mu mu- tiny Accounts from Karachi laM parachute troops troops- with artillery took up positions h half a mile mUe from the wharf where the Hind Hindustan us tan tanSee See Sei Page Two Column 4 ND A REVOLT r Continued from Pago Iago On One Oni was wu lying An ultimatum was sent Bent for tor the surrender of the crew and when the deadline was waa reached an accurate artillery fire was laid down The mutineers mutineer replied with witha a IJ random fire from their naval guns but the paratroopers paratroopers' p accurate accurate accurate rate artillery blew up the Hindustan's Hindustan's Hindustan's Hindu Hindu- stans stan's battery po positions and fire broke out RaIse White Flag Twenty five minutes after the opening of the engagement the mutineers raised the white flag and find the troopers closed in and took tool control of the vessel The surrendered crew was assembled assembled assembled as as- on the Jetty A Reuters report put casualties in the engagement engagement engagement en en- at four killed and 25 injured Press dispatches reported that the mutiny had spread to pata on Indias India's east coast between between between be be- tween Calcutta Ua and Madras where royal Indian navy sailors were said to have marched through the town shouting Victory for Indi India and carrying congress party lag flags At Calcutta the situation re remained remained remained re- re unchanged in the fourth day of ot the strike of ot seamen but the street railway system was completely paralyzed and bus service service Jervice ice was redu reduced ed to to skeleton proportions proportions proportions pro pro- portions by sympathy Some street cars were pelted pelted pelted pelt pelt- ed by stones Seeks Help Aruna Sa All AU congress party leader Jeader in Bombay wired lal Nehru congress party executive executive executive tive touring touring- the I northern united provinces The naval strike situation is serious You alone can control the situation and avoid tragedy I request your immediate presence In Bombay The southern section of Bombay Bombay Bombay Bom Bom- bay where many wealthy families live was not much affected by bythe bythe bythe the rio riots but the northern half was a place of terror Police and soldiers used machine guns gurus when hard pressed and calls were sent out for more doctors and nurses nurses nurses' at the hospitals Many people were marooned In their places of business Fire barricades flamed in the streets To the bonfires of rubbish rubbish rubbish rub rub- bish were added hats and neckties necktie stripped by the demonstrators from their Indian wearers as unworthy unworthy unworthy un un- worthy of the nationalist spirit a Guns Still Silent But the inch four-inch guns guna of ot the harbor craft still sun were silent with the mutinous vessels flying the cease fire orders and making no gestures to start the shooting Half Hal a a. dozen Indian officers |
