It is interesting to read about war and peace, crime and justice, and bondage and freedom in the lifetimes of our parents, grand parents and great grand parents as reported in the foreign press. In this thread I therefore provide clippings from old foreign newspapers with no obvious ties to either party in the conflict in question.
Here is a clip from the September 26, 1890 issue of the San Francisco Call. QUOTE INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING. A Reign of Terror Established in Goa by the Soldiers. London, Sept. 2 - The Chronicle's Calcutta correspondent says: The troops in Goa are committing the wildest excesses and shooting people indiscriminately. Several popular leaders have been shot. The residences of others are besieged and a lively fusillade proceeds. The Governor-General is hiding in the palace and is deaf to the petitions from the inhabitants. Many women and children who fled thither for protection were bayonetted by the palace guard. Several dynamite bombs were thrown into the palace by citizens and soldiers. The Governor justifies the action of the troops on the ground that a revolution has been declared, It is estimated that 300 persons have been killed and wounded in three days' fighting. UNQUOTE ....... San Francisco Call, Volume 68, Number 118, 26 September 1890 — INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING Cheers, Santosh
