"East is East."

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 97, 24 December 1913, Page 5

"East is East."

THE INDIAN PROBLEM,

AN ALLEGED PLOT.

[By Electric Telegraph-Copyright] Times —Sydney Sun Special Cables.

(Received 8.0 a.m. )

Cap, town, December 23

The Press resents Gandhi’s tone towards the government, and condemns the shiftiness of his methods and surmises. They represent, the papers state, a. carefully-calculated plan to prejudice the finding of the Commission in the eyes of India.

AN IMPERATIVE NEED.

London, December

The Times, in a special article on

India, insists that a strong government

and a firm administration are imperative. The Government must concern itself less with politics and more with economies. The great question to'Tie solved is; Can a democracy govern a vast Eastern Empire? Let the conscientious democrats of England reflect on the tumultous forces latent in 295 millions of people, wholly uneducated, inheriting strong lighting, instincts, split into discordant elements and thousands of castes, and quickly roused into violent fanaticism. What power is there to preserve this stupendous moh from blood-stained anarchy? If British rule is weakened or removed, who is to hold back the armed warrior tribes of the north-east from the rich plains and cities of India? Lot the democrats realise that if British rule fails, elemental instincts will ruthlessly assort themselves until some other western power restores order by the sword.

THE PASSIVE RESISTERS.

A MARCH AND A PROTEST.

(Received 9.50 a.m.) Capetown, December 20. Indian resistors contemplate beginning a march with a large force on New Year’s Day from Natal to iVe toria. Ghandi has forwarded to Gokhale a telegram stating that the imprisoned registers were treated with unparaih ed cruelty.