Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-30
KILLED IN ELEVATOR ANARCHISTS IN |NO|A|
Operator Slain by Detectve Russian Methods Copied by
After Desperate Struggle. Dsaffected Classes.
flight FOR REVOLVER HIGH HINDUS INVOLVED
Trapped Apartment Battles Deformed Youth Slayer Of Apur
With Captor. Prosecutor
CAR KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN CRITICISM OF REFORM PLAN
Slven Monammedan Glasses
ron.n+ Part Of Majority
Deformed Youth Slayer of Alipur
Prosecutor.
CRITICISM OF REFORM PLAN
Objections to Separate Representa-
ton Given Mohammedan Glasses
on Part Of Majority.

| Special Cablegram to The Star
| CALCUTTA. March 3O-A remarkable
feature of the latest anarchist disclosures
is a slavish imitation of Russian meth
DDS. The Indian anarchists make a close
study Of a Russian manual of revolution
and other Russian anarchist literature.
In Russia the moving spirits frequently
select young and hysterical girls as their
instruments. In India the secret organ
| iZers invariably choose excitable and
underfed youths, who are carefully drilled
and warned never to reveal anything.
The assassin of Babu Astuosh Biswas,
the public prosecutor at Alipur, is
stunted. deformed youth, who resolutely
| refuses to incrimnate the instigators of
| the deed. He practiced revolver shooting
| for a month before the murder, and now
repeats like a parrot certain sentences
which, 1t is evident, he has been taught
by others. He declares that he has full
| filled his mission, and that he would like
| to be hanged at once.
| Asutosh Bswas was the only man who
had AL the threads of the case Of the
Alipur anarchists In his hands, hence his
murder But the further and larger mo-
tive of the propaganda is to deter all
natives from assisting in the government
| Of the country.
| II IL slowly becoming recognized that
the Introduction of anarchism into India
Is a rsw factor i'm the situation which is
OF emo rs,pus import, and that under In
dian conditions that factor is not likely
| to disappear. At present the propaganda
| is I'm It's infancy, but the temptation to
| WELD so potent and terrible a menace
Will probably be too strong to be resisted.
1t is feared that the movement will grow
in spite of all precautions.
In Touch With European Cult.
Even now the Indian anarchists are in
touch with continental groups but UNI
questionably the violent political agita-
! ton, particularly that of the extremists.
has provided a suitable soil for anarch-
| ism. The time must come when Great
Britain will have to reconsider her whole
attitude toward anarchist refugees. The
| same considerations apply to the apostles
of sedition, and people are already asking
why the men who are not allowed to
preach sedition in India may do SO with
| tmpunity in Great Britain.
The measures that are likely to be taken
If there should be a repetition of the out
RACES in Calcutta are being freely dis
| cussed Bengal is in need not Of more
troops, but Of a large increase in the po-
lice force, particularly in native detec-
tives. If there should be further out
RACES the frontier crimes act may be in
troduced in Calcutta. Under this act per-
sons who commit murderous assaults
upon government officials may be tried
| the same day and executed the next.
| A dispatch from Dacca says that in
quiries there reveal many proofs that the
anarchist organization in Calcutta Is in
close touch with the revolutionary socie-
ties In eastern Bengal Under the new
act for the suppression of seditious or
ganization, four important societies of
| national volunteers in eastern Bengal
were recently proclaimed illegal. The
principal society had its headquarters in
Dacca.
Effect Of Proclamation.
The result of the proclamation has been
to convert the organizations into secret
| societies. for though ostensibly they are
defunct it is not believed that they have
| ceased to exist. Their qualifications have
spread far and wide: the Dacca society
alone numbers several thousand members,
consisting almost entirely of Brahmins
and other high-caste Hindus. There are
no Mohammedans.
| There is ample documentary evidence of
connection with the Calcutta anarchists.
societies are modelled on approved Rus
sian methods. having three circles. Only
the inner circle Is really active. furnishing
material whence anarchists are drawn.
Lists have been found showing a man in
each village capable of rendering active
| assistance. The astonishing thing Is
clearly demonstrated that some of these
societies were formed six years ago, be-
fore the partition of Bengal.
Beyond occasionally terrorizing viii
lagos. committing acts of dacoity to OBJ
| ain funds. and generally obstructing the
work of administration. these societies
unquestionable. however. that they en-
| Joy the sympathy of the bulk Of high
| caste Hindus. and it is a grave sign that
few people are found ready to assist the
| The societies do not constitute a Sc
rious present danger. 1t is not what
| they are, but what they may become In
| time Of trouble-a real menace. Their
sources OF intelligence are admittedly
far better than those Of the police 1t
| is urged that the chief want is not more
native detectives. but a large increase
| in the number of European police Of
| fcers.
Criticism Of Reform School.
| In Calcutta there is a practically
| unanimous tendency among the Bengali
| I1indus to resent the granting OF sepa-
| rate representation to Mohammedans
Some of the leaders Indignantly protest
against any special concession to Mo-
hammedans, and even insist that they
! must leave their interests, which, they
contend. are identical with those of the
Hindus, in the hands Of the Hindu ma
jority. 1t is quite evident that the crea-
ton Of a separate Mohammedan cleo
! torate would be likely to cause bitter
| Hindu feelings. at any rate. in this prov
| ince
In some influential Bengali quarters
| signs of reaction from the first jubila-
| ton over the reforms are noted and
disposition to maintain that they are
too limited in scope. Such men as Dr.
| Rash Behari Chose. president Of the ma
| tionalist congress. do not however, share
| this view. European opinion holds that
| 1t is supremely important to keep the
viceroys executive council wholly Eng
| lish, but that the provincial executive
| councils are less important and do not
| matter
| A lengthy representation expressing
Moslem opinions on the reform scheme
| has been forwarded to the viceroy by
| Syed Ali Imam. chairman Of the special
| subcommittee of the All-India Moslem
| League. The memorial says:
| 1.-The All-India Moslem League notes
| with great sense of relief that portion
of Lord Morley's recent speech which
| deals with class representation AS it
affects the Mussulmans OF India 1t is
the principle of mixed electoral colleges
that created in the mind of the Mussul-
mans the apprehension that the elections
as influenced by such a principle will
| result in the return Of those who would
be members of the Mohammedan COM
| munitv but by no means their repre-