The worst disturbances have been those at Chittagong on Friday,
April 18th, and at Peshawar on Wednesday. At Chittagong revolutionaries with modern firearms raided the railway and police armouries. They had taken the precaution of cutting the telephone wires and of dressing themselves in khaki uniforms. Two Europeans and three constables who were in charge of the armouries were shot dead. Four taxi-drivers were also killed. Immediately .after this affair the Viceroy promulgated an Ordinance . under the Government of India Act. This Ordinance revives almost word for word certain sections of the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Acts which had been repealed. It was enthusiastically welcomed by all who felt that the period of easy tolerance, tactically useful though it had been, had lasted quite long enough. At Peshawar two armoured cars on patrol were attacked and burnt, and when we write it is believed that three soldiers were killed. There were many other casualties. * * * *
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