The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
ReUolt Against British
 Rule Is Stirring in India

Stirring in India 1 ported from Bettish, in the Cham paran district of Bohar. Disputes bet | ween the planters and the ryots led tt acts of hostility, and in order to pro l tect the European population, larg' l forces of the Bengal Armed Polic' and Gurkhans were drafted into fh' | town and it's neighborhood. Eft, round. ot bah ammunition were served out to each member of the Behal Light Horse. Seven eases have been reported to the police in which Flu
 ropeans have been attacked, and stor,
 les are current of equestrians beins
 ambushed and of inoffensive people
 being molested on the highway. Police
 inspector Knight was badly mauled by
 budmash with lathie, and Mexwell smith . planter, was chased by .
 mob. nineteen persons were convicted
 at Bettiah of being members of an
 unlawful assembly and sentenced to the. full term Of six monthis solitary
 confinement, no fewer than 200 pri-
 soners awaiting trial at Motlhari.
 under various charges. chiefly for assauiting Europeans for incendiarism
 and for melting class against class.
 hetCh1ihB " tuG i6tCHt ECpDh tb UlE bAt~
 uation had slightly changed for the
 better. The strong force Of armed po-
 iicemen, supplemented by the Goorkha
 detachment, had a pacffying effort
 upon the cumulative portion of the in-
 habitants. The situation was so
 threatening at one time that a general
 exodus ensued of the wives and fami.
 lies of the planters for whom accom-.
 notation was provided In the clubs and circuit-house and in the protected bungalows of the officiais. The ladies their homes, but the country is still
 burdened with an army of police men,. s4 @
 |. Sir Edward Baker.
 Sir Edwards entry on his duties as Lieut.-Governor of Bengal, leads the Calcutta "Statesman' to publish an in- teresting appreciation Of the man and of the situation with which he has to deal. It says: sir Edward Baker has the signal advantage of assuming charge of province which he knows well and in which he Is well and favorably known. He has the good will of both communities and of ali classes. It is obvious that Sir Edward Baker will need all the good fortune that has hitherto attended his careers if in dealing with the many difiicuit problems awaiting him he is to give universal satisfaction. Happily he possesses qualifications which should enable him to cope successfully with the greatest and most pressing of these questions. One unpleasant and troublesome legacy left to him Is the embarrassed condition of the finances of Bengal. It is to be hoped that the new Lieutenant Governor will be able N~ province from It's financial troubles.
 ''The most pressing question of the mement, however. is the question as to the hest method of extripating the dangerous influences whose most con- spicuius effects have been in the series of outrages that have recently shock ed the entire community. It is to be hoped that Sir Edward will prove to be the right man for the emergency. He has already shownthat he takes a sane view of the situation While he does not believe that the seditious un- rest has penetrated the masses of the people, he declines to accept the assu- rance given in some quarters that the ideas to which the cam- paign of violence owes its birth are confined to a few misguided youths. He rightly lays stress on the tenden- cies revealed in the boycott of foreign goods and In the social ostracism which has been SO freely employed, and he recognizes that not only the graver symatonas of political disease, but their more subtle causes, require attention, Whatever eourse he may favor In dealing with the problem, ft may safely be. anticipated that he will show decisiyeness and courage. com bfned with the receptity of mind which will listen to sugsestiens and enlist the aid Of those wlaS are In a position to give help" Y
 The Native View.
 The native paper ''Sandhya" says to Sir Edward Baker: '"rhe BenEalis you to the whole of India, who were always by your side as a shadow in the matter of paving your way of good administration. The very same Bengalis cannot nowadays find means of earning their daily bread sven if they assimilate English educa- ion. Hence 1t is no wonder that with he only hope of their life deferred the Bengalis have become somewhat different from what they used to be. | May of them now know that death l stares them in the face whether they move forward or backward, and they lOn't cG'e to thing how they die. As ong as this convfctionsremains firm b the minds or the Benga1iS, 1t is | very doubtfal if your. ends will be realized even if you fire your Maxim | guns at every village"
 The seditious exhibition in Chandler l lagore; was of peculiar character | It's novelty lay in the fact that neither | 'peeches. writing, nor printing were | 'alled into requisition to promote a | ceiling of hatred against Europeans | 'r the British Government. but the | md was attained by dumb show Im- | nense clay figures we're exhibited. | )ne figure represented Khudlran Bose | on the scaffold adjusting the | loose round his own neck: another | represented Gossain weltering in blood | Sanai Lal Dutt staning over him, 'evolver in hand; and there was "the | Mother" Undia) standing in the garb | # a beggar, with a begging bag | lung over her shoulders. Robbers Europeans) were rifling the bag, and Ter sons were weeping at a distance. | \ feature of the show was the model f foreign trading vessel arrived n port; innumerable ooolies were un. ng a consignment of Liverpool salt, aken in huge baskets. but in the | curse of the unloading the bleeding | cad of a COW and groy feet of an | x were shown coming to light.