INDIAN UNREST

Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1921, Page 3

INDIAN UNREST

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eve OF PRINCE’S DEPAKTCHK. LONDON. Oct. 25. In the House of Lords, on the eve iof the Prince of Wales’. a-..", 'rv?;; ™. ic * hate on India. It «•'» much plain speaking regarding present condition of lnctia, l.ord Svdcnham (who is an <-x-A ><*- r Tndia'i said- “S ncc the prorov ot India j s«u«. T „,i: a sent Secretary of the State for Indi. took office, there has been a disastrous series of mistakes and dissentions. which have weakened the British authority in India. To-day the of India widely lielieve that the British rule is coming to an end. laird Curzon (also ex-Yiceroy) repeatedlv denied the truth of Lord Sydenham’s allegations. He asserted that the Viceroy of India, and hi* Council knew the ' situation in India better than the noble lord. “This debate, he said “should never have been initiated. Lord Sydenham’s are highly coloured sentences, and they will he distorted, or exaggerated, and will produce a result very different from what he intended.” Lord Curzon said the question of whether the Prince of Wales should go to India at. all, had been seriously considered, and his Council had prepared a guarantee that every precaution would he taken. The Prince had been w herald of good understanding, and .roodwill .and a harbinger of peace. It was, he claimed almost a c-rimA to cast doubts as to whether lie would bo a success in India.

Lord Chelmsford (an ex-Viceroy), said that the dominant factor in India was the colour issue. There was a revolt tlioro against the ascendancy of the white men in India. Formerly the British, have governed on tlio idea, of a superiority of the British race. That idea of superiority was now challenged. He said the British could not evade this challenge. l.ord Lytton replied for the Government. He protested, he said, against India being represented as lteing in a state of agitation from one end to tho other. The new constitution, ho claimed, was working “as well as could he expected.” INDIAN TROCHEES. 'Received This Rav at 10,15 n.m.) 'DELHI, Oct. -it;. The leader of Mannnrghat rebels recently reappeared on the scene. Three simultaneous raids were made on two villages. Thirty Hindus were captured in the street. A riot occurred at Calcutta following on the arrest of Khalifat preachers. A sub-inspector, two constables and some passershy were . wounded.