§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the Secretary of State for India whether troops were called out during a recent strike at the Tata Company's works; whether they fired on the crowd; what were the casualties that resulted; whether the magistrate who was responsible for the intervention of the military was an official of the Tata Company and therefore a party to the dispute: and whether correspondence with the Government of India with regard to this incident will be laid?
§ Mr. MONTAGUParties of mounted police came into collision with a large crowd which had placed obstructions on the railway line, attacked the police and rescued the prisoners they had arrested. The police were compelled to fire, killing five men and wounding 23. An official of the Tata Company, who was also an hon. magistrate, accompanied one of the parties of police as guide, and being the only magistrate present gave the order to fire when the police were surrounded and outnumbered, after warning the mob more than once. A deputy-superintendent of police gave the same order independently to his own party. I have received a report from the Government of India, and will place a copy in the Library.