Editor's note: In April 1919, under order of General Dyer, troops opened fire on a crowd at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, killing 379 unarmed civilians and wounding over a thousand. The Commander-in-Chief in India recommended that Dyer should be ordered to retire, and the matter came before the Army Council for review. The Council accepted the recommendation, as did the British Cabinet.
Winston Churchill defended the Cabinet's decision in Parliament, though he called the firing "a monstrous event." The editor has highlighted certain passages.
This is taken from http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/churchill/am-text.htm
Following extracts taken from
Hansard House of Commons (U.K.) Proceedings
July 8th, 1920, Supply-Committee, Punjab Disturbances, pp 1719 - 1734
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1920/jul/08/army-council-and-general-dyer
This includes Churchill's complete speech.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR
