New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
BOMB FACTORY DISCOVERED.

In this connection it may not be out Of place
to point out that only few weeks ago bomb
factory and actual college for giving in
structfon in the art of numbering foreigners
were discovered in suburb Of Calcutta, in the
house of Bengaee bahu who had been gradu-
ated from the University Of Cambridge at the
expense of the Gaekwar Of Baroda, and who had
spent several years in his service. occupying
position of rank and confidence in his household.
before establishing himself two years ago at
Calcutta. Only few days before the descent
of the police upon this babu's house, with the
arrest Of its owner and the seizure of explosives
and q large quantity of arms and all sorts of
incriminating correspondence and literature, a
bomb was thrown at { carriage in which Mrs.
and Miss Pringle Kennedy, the wife and the
daughter Of English official of rank, were
driving at Muzaffarpur both of the women and
their coachnan succumbing TO the shocking in
juries received; while the Lieutenant Governor
of Bengal, Sir Andrew Fraser, escaped by
miracle from the attempt to assassinate him
by blowing up the special railroad train in
which he travelling, pieces Of the rails and
sleepers shattered by the bomb being subse-
quently sold quite openly for hundreds of rupees
to native sympathizers with the conspirators.
Attacks on Europeans are indeed the order Of
the day. Almost every dispatch from India
brings the account of some new outrage per-
petrated by natives Europeans-of English
men beaten to death in bazaars. of English
women insuted and pelted with stones and with
offal while riding through the streets Only last
Sunday many of the American daily papers
published pictures Of Englishmen being attacked
by natives in one Of the most frequented thor
oughfares Of Benares; while cable dispatches
printed the same day under an Indian date line
described how extraordinary measures are being
adopted for the protection of Lord Mimic Lord
Kitchener and other high officials from assassi
nation-their destruction being constantly invited
by native speech and picture and print-in fact
by every possible means that can be devised by
the ringleaders Of the conspiracy
Even this does not begin to convey the true
situation OF affairs in India The conspiracv
which styles itself the National Volunteers
has local branches in almost every town and
village, where natives are being trained In the
use OF sticks, swords and firearms by profess
sional instructors who likewise act as distrib-
uting agents OF arms money, literature and d.
rections Everywhere revolt is being preached
against the English. and everywhere the volun
teers are pushing a boycott against those who
use or sell British goods or who maintain friend
IN relations with English officials, and as admit
ted hy the able Calcutta correspondent of The
London Times" there is no deadlier weapon that
can be eInplo-ed against the Hindu than a So
cial boycott which reduces its victim to tie
status Of q pariah. Means adopted to check
the movement so far have been quite Intellectual.
When British officials or their MosIem suhiI-
terms have endeavored TO investigate matters
they have found themselves unable TO obtain
evidence witnesses being afraid or unwilling to
come forward; In fact, the provincial admins
trat1on is In g measure reduced TO state Of tna-