 If more troops had been at hand the casualties would have been greater in proportion. It was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient moral effect from a military point of view not only on those who were present,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pagina 951920Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | India. Central Bureau of Information, Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams - 1921 - 322 pagine
...at hand, the casualties would have been greater in proportion. It was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...There could be no question of undue severity." The principle which has consistently governed the policy of His Majesty's Government in directing the methods... | |
 | Vickerman Henzell Rutherford - 1927 - 292 pagine
...at hand the casualties would have been greater in proportion. It was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...Punjab. There could be no question of undue severity. ... It was a horrible duty I had to perform. I think it was a merciful thing. I thought that I should... | |
 | William Edward Sladen Holland - 1927 - 264 pagine
...produce a moral effect in the Punjab. In his report he says : " It was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient moral effect from a military point of view . . . throughout the Punjab. ..." In our view this was unfortunately a mistaken conception of his duty.... | |
 | Judith M. Brown - 1974 - 404 pagine
...it was my duty to produce if I was to justify my action. . . It was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...effect, from a military point of view, not only on those present, but more specially throughout the Punjab. There could be no question of undue severity.' Quoted... | |
 | Thomas R. Metcalf - 1997 - 264 pagine
...hesitation would have been fatal'. Dyer himself insisted that the firing was not 'a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...view, not only on those who were present but more specially throughout the Punjab. There could be no question of undue severity.' The firing in Jallianwalla... | |
 | Rajnarayan Chandavarkar - 1998 - 404 pagine
...142 Ibid. '" Ibid., p. 86. 144 Ibid. In suppressing disorder, his task was not a matter of 'merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...view, not only on those who were present but more specially throughout the Punjab'. Under these circumstances, 'If I fired, I must fire with good effect,... | |
 | P. A. J. Waddington - 1999 - 316 pagine
...was perfectly open about his purpose: it was to "produce the necessary moral and widespread effect - not only on those who were present. but more especially throughout the Punjab" (Furneaux 1963: 13). Dyer was eventually censured by an official inquiry and relieved of his command.... | |
 | Ross Marlay, Clark D. Neher - 1999 - 372 pagine
...no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient moral effect not only on those who were present, but more especially throughout the Punjab."52 Dyer was relieved of his command but was welcomed home by British Conservatives, who presented... | |
 | Alfred William Brian Simpson - 2004 - 1188 pagine
...on hand the casualties would have been greater in proportion. // was no longer a question of merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...view, not only on those who were present but more specially throughout the Punjab. There could be no question of undue severity.21 (emphasis added) Indeed... | |
 | Purnima Bose - 2003 - 300 pagine
...at hand the casualties would have been greater in proportion. It was no longer a question o/ merely dispersing the crowd, but one of producing a sufficient...Punjab. There could be no question of undue severity. (30; emphasis in original) Dyer's statement regarding the massacre is an admission of what is known... | |
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