The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
TROUBLE IN INDIA
NATIVES ARE REsTIvE UNDER
 ENGLISH RULE.
They Have shown Their Unrest In Immense and DfxorderIy Dreet- nlgs Where. Europeans
 were Insuited.
ny A. R Hownrd.

Calcutta, Nnov. 2S.--Iu reference to an increase in the contribution by India to the cost of thee white troops In the country considerable dissatifae- tion Is felt here. Apart from the na- tural demur at paying s1,s00,00o more <here is another cause of uneasiness
 recent growth. and of more sery tps nature It is recognized. both in London and India, that in his adminis- traitor Lord Morley now places little reliance in and makes small use of his permanent officials, of selected cap acity and experience both in the India Ofice and in the Government of India. Never before has there been such in- references in the pettiest matter never before has the advice of expert advisers been thus disregarded. That no open complaint has yet been made is due to the espirit de corps of the service, in who have entended the ful- lest loyalty to the Secretary Of State, whose distinguished past, personal charm, and transparent honesty mark him out among the holders of his of- flee.
 This matter naturally receives attsn- tion at the present moment, when, so far from having obtained the Govern ment of India's support to this impor- tant change, Lord Merely has apparent ly not even consulted it. It would be better at the present juncture if the
 
 confidence of the Secretary of state for India, for under those circumstances Lord Morley would be the first to ad- init that 1t Is impossible that a Secre- tary, who has never set foot in India, and never made 1t the object of special research, can, without assistance from his official advisers. carry on the work of this huge sub-contfnent.
 Partition Day" the third. anniveFsa- ry of the partition of Bengal passed on in Calcutta without serious disorder although there were one or two acts of violenchs The antispartition demorl- strauons, under Surendra Nath Ban- nerjee, made persistent efforts to out manoeuver the police. They were de- termined to hold their meeting at five p. m., and the police were equally determined they should not. Mir. Ban- nerJee began yrdisregarding the first police prohibition. When tackled on the subject he proceeded. to argue the meaning of the words within half an hour of sunset" The Police Com missioner could not see the force. of MT: Bannerjees argument, and fresh mo- tices were issued by the demonsira- tors announcing that the meeting would be held mt at the Federation Hall sito which was banned, but close to Moulali Durga in EntaIly. which. was nos. It was now for the police to move, short ly after noon an order was issued by Mir. .Birley, magistrate of Alipore, put ting this place also out of bounds. This baffiled the Home Rule natives for at that hour there was no tims to change the meeting place, The cele- bration of partition day commenced at an early hour, large processions march ing to the river singing anti-partition songs. A number of shops were clos- cd in the native quarter of the town. and after the bathing ceremony the 1.a En. an. eN.H marched to Beardon-square, where demonstration was held. It is esti- mated that 10000 people were present there. The demonstrators bound rak- bis round each others wrists as a token of brotherly feeling. Surendra Nath BanneeJee presided over the meet ing. In his speech made in Bengali Mir. Banner3ee epjoined his hearers to forget all theif differences, and to unite ran aeIVic6s 0H the Motheriand, to keep up tlae awadtzhi spirit. and main tain their Swadeshi vow. They must be men before they could aspire to political regeneration. and in order that they might be men they should cuiti- vate brotheiy feeling. The audience then eiSmbered on to the roetrurn, shook the dust of MT. Bannerjee's feet. and bound several hundred yards of rakhis round his arms" The meet ing terminated with more shouts Of
 
 Rude to Europeans.
 After the mass meeting a big crowd, while following in the wake of MT. Banner1ee and the president, behaved rudely to some Europeans in a motor- s car The crowd tied rakhis round the European's wrists, to which no objec- tion was raised; but someone from be- hind asked the occupants not to drive the motor-car through the crowd. They requested the motorists to take a by-lane, which they refused to do. A stone was then thrown at the car, but missed. lad next dashed up with a thin, long stick in his hand and struck at the occupants, but failed to hit them. As the car slowly moytd off some of the crowd seized the lad threw him on the ground and beat him. saying 1t was men like him who pre- vented swadeshi meetings being held.
 In the evening, while large groups of young men were swelling the ranks of those assembled outside College square, a private sharry came from the north and stopped. Mir. Ward, in charge of No. GowkhanA Calcutta Corporation, alighted. His clothes were smeared with blood. and he com I pIained to Superintendent Merriman. who was watching the gathering of having been assaulted by about 100 BengaHs with lathies and stones. NJ. Wards syce was found in a pitiable haf Hs, hTnnl fa