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Extracts from 

 " The Ceylon Morning Leader," Thursday, Jnne yrd,, 1915. 



The military were very active yesterday, and all troops were 

 freely commandeering motor-cars and vehicles whenever required. 

 Several hundreds of these were in use by them yesterday, besides 

 all the motor lorries available. At about 6 p.m. there were about 

 50 motor-cars assembled at the barracks for taking reliefs. 



About i p.m. yesterday two Sinhalese young men, who had 

 been warned not to loiter about the vicinity of the Crystal Palace 

 and were defiant, were shot down. One was hit in the stomach and 

 the other in the chest. They were removed to the Fort Police in a 

 serious condition. 



Extracts from 

 " The Ceylon Morning Leader]' Saturday, June $tkj 1915. 



Yesterday, June 4th, a big military scheme was carried out on 

 the instructions of the military and police authorities. 



All the members of the Town Guard, Volunteers and Regulars 

 with the police, were collected at the Racquet Court about i p.m. 



The streets leading to Kotahena and Mutwal were closed to 

 traffic by C.M.R. Guards at the head of the Main Street, and at 

 2 p.m. the troops, in detachments of about 100 each, marched into 

 Pettah Square from the cross streets in Norris Road and Front 

 Street. 



Every house was entered and iron implements sought out and 

 collected in carts. Houses that were closed were forcibly opened 

 and searched by the troops and police. 



This search lasted for several hours and about ten cart-loads 

 of knives, bars, hatchets, old swords, hammers, clubs, rice pounders 

 and other lethal or dangerous weapons were removed. 



There was a cordon of troops drawn across from Kotahena to 

 Urugodawatte along Armour Street to prevent any disturbance by 

 rowdies. 



13. Wednesday, June 2nd. 



On the morning of June 2nd (Wednesday) the reports of an 

 armed invasion by Coast Moors flew along- the suburbs and the 

 more inland villages. Seeing the attitude of the authorities, the 

 idea gained currency that the Government favoured, if it had 

 not actually directed, the looting of the bazaars of Muhamma- 

 dans, who were a class of people at war with His Majesty. 

 On the same day the habitual criminals and other desperate 

 characters openly came out and directed the noting and pil- 

 laging in the suburbs. They carried sticks and crowbars, but 

 no weapons, and showers of stones and brickbats were thrown. 



14. Wednesday, June 2nd (Colombo). 



Clerks, professional and other educated classes attending 

 the city from the suburbs were unable to proceed or had to go 



