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;ONITROL IN
'UNJAB AREAS
LONDON, Aug. 26. A.A.P. -
£he riot situabon had inmorov
ed in Lahore and Amritsar,
but remained bad in otnler alc
Lriclts of the Punjab, s::id a
communique issued by the
Joint Delence Councu, after
its meeting in New Delhi yes
terday.
The Governor-General of
India (Admiral Lord Mount
datten) presided.
The police are no longer effective
in the Jullundur district of Eastern
Punjab, because mobs. now hold 80
per cent. of that territory, a senior
officer of the Boundary Defence
Force told a "Daily Express" corres
pondent
1?0,000 Dead
'otal casualties would not be
known for months, but must already
amount to 10,000 dead, it was stated
it Defence Headquarters for Eastern
Punjab.
Mlost of the minority villages had
been. wiped out.
It is estimated that 30,000 refugees
have poured into New Delhi from the
Punjab trouble area.
The situation in the Puinjab is
extremely grave, reports, a eorrespon
dent~ of "The T'imes" in Lahore.
Roads leading westward from
Hindu-dominated Eastern Punjab are
clogged with what must total hun
dreds of -thousands of Moslems, lwho
have been forced to leave their
villages. '
These refugees, the coi~respondent
adds, will carry tales which are bound
to cause a wave"of reprisals froan
Western Punjab (in Pakistan), where
ension is steadily rising.
Escorts for Trains
:Several m'ore r:efugee trains$ have
been attacked by mniobs, and in future
the:Punjab Boundary Force will pro
vide escorlts for all trains passing
thimough the Puhjab, reports a corre
sponl'dent of the "Daily Telegraph."
Sikhs iwhao attacked the Bombay:
iUahore mail train on Sunday rook
all the Moslem passengers from the
train, killed them; put their bodies
back on the train, and ordered.the
engine drliver to cbntinue the iourney
to:Lahore.
"Lahbre city is being swept wi'h
a ivave of, hysteria .ias wounded
refiec ..bring in storie of their
experiences," reports a "Daily Tele.
eraph" correspondent
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