The Viceroy has reported serious riots at Amritsar in the
Punjab and at Ahmedabad. The " day of humiliation," pro- claimed for Sunday, April 6th, as a protest against the Rowlett Sedition Bills, had passed quietly. But on Friday week the deportation of two agitators at Amritsar was followed by dis- turbances in which the town hall, two banks, the telegraph office, and a goods-shed were wrecked, while three bank managers were burnt to death. On the same day ale Ahmedabad the telegraph office and another building were burnt by a mob. Troops had to be used to restore order, and some natives were killed. A further riot occurred at Lahore last Sunday, where a mob attacked the soldiers and had to be dispersed by rifle-fire. The Viceroy has announced that martial law will be applied in Lahore and Amritsar, and that sedition will be rigorously dealt with.
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