THE DAILY PROVINCE
FEBRUARY 25, 1907

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STIRRED UP HATRED AGAINST
BRITISH
--------------------Lahore Newspaper Publisher Sent to Prison and
Hindus
Parade Streets, Angrily Shouting Denunciations.

--------------------Lahore, Feb. 25.--There has been a violent outbreak of the anti-British
feeling here, following the conviction of the proprietor and editor of the native
newspaper, Punjabi, for stirring up hatred against the Government and the
English community. The paper printed a story that an English officer shot a
Mohammedan policeman for refusing to carry the carcass of a dead boar the
officer had speared, adding that the Government had hushed up the affair and
the murderer escaped, “as European murderers of natives usually escape in
this country, where the much-vaunted British justice is a delusion.”
The Government prosecutor showed that the story was fictitious, and
that the policeman was killed by being thrown from a horse. The prisoners
pleaded that they had published an unverified rumor in good faith. The court
sentenced the proprietor to two years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of
1000 rupees. The editor was condemned to six months’ imprisonment and to
pay a fine of 200 rupees.
After the sentences had been imposed a crowd of Hindus paraded the
streets angrily shouting denunciations and hooting every European they met.
The native population is deeply stirred.