SEDITION IN INDIA.
A gentleman who Has resided in India for some years, and who is at present on a world's tour, expressed to a "Herald" representative somewhat grave opinions regarding the sedition amongst the natives of India. He stated'that taxation'was at the root of the trouble, the labouring classes amongst the natives resenting strongly the rating to which they are subjected. The revolt, he said, was not so much, however, against British rule as against the administration. He related instances of attacks upon trains in Bengal, and expressed a conviction that, though the declaration of what might be termed martial law would quieten Calcutta, the trouble would break out elsewhere unless strong measures were taken." Matters were bad in Calcutta when he left last December, and he did not Consider it safe for an European to go to the native quarter unless accompanied by a native. With its 350,000,000 inhabitants, India was not an easy problem to grapple with.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3142, 20 March 1909, Page 4
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160SEDITION IN INDIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3142, 20 March 1909, Page 4
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