The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-07

years Bengal was tHe center hhu
hot-bed of violent trouble. Sir Andrew
governor OF Bengal. 10 q man slow to
anger and 10th to adopt extreme meas-
! ures in government. Three times
bombs were thrown at his train, but
with almost oriental fashion, Sir An
drew declared that nothing he could
do would prevent his dying when his
time came, and that no human being
could advance that fatal time.
eminent has been stern In Its
Chicago University was In Calcutta
and had consented to deliver lee
ture at the Y. M. c. A. auditorium one
evening. Sir Andrew Fraser was
president OF this institution and he
announced that he would attend the
lecture. Just before Professor Burton
was to begin his address. Sir Andrew
came into the hall from q rear door
and was met by Mr.. B. r. Barber. the
American secretary of the Calcutta
Association. Mr.. Barber was in the
act of escorting the Lieutenant-G Cover
nor to the chair. when q young Hindu
jumped from q seat, struck Mr.. Barber
over the head with the butt of pis-
toll, presented the weapon at Sir An
drew's breast and fired. The hammer
Professor Ernest Dewitt Burton Of
revolver The young man again cock
Gu Ine plotOi, anu Dai UCt taShSa
to grab II. The trigger was pulled,
but the descending hammer buried IT.
self in the fleshy portion Of Mr.. Bar
ber's hand, between the thumb and
fore-finger. Thus Sir Andrew Fraser's
life was saved.
The young student who attempted
the assassination was sent to prison
for ten years. The Crown Prosecutor.
Mr. Hume. was very severe in his con-
nf fhn ~ hn N
chist, and thereby became a marked
man. Four times since the trial, and
all within q period Of three months,
Mr. Hume's train has been attacked
and bombs thrown into his carriage.
Several natives have been killed and
injured. but he has escaped.
Two days after the attempted as
sassination of Sir Andrew Fraser. a
native police Inspector was murdered
in the center OF crowded district by
q man la the dress Of a letter car
rier. No clue to the murderer has
ever been discovered. This police in
spector was the only living man who
was able to Identify the assailant of
the Lieutenant-Governor as one of the
boys who frequented the famous Gar
den where the thirty-six Alipore
anarchists had been arrested. On the
heels Of this murder. one OF the law
yers assisting the crown in the prose-
cution of the thirty-six Alipore anar-
chists was shot and killed in the
court house enclosure. The slayer
was a young Hindu with one hand
paralyzed and useless. The pistol he
used had been tied to his other hand
with three thongs. something that
first fell on an empty chamber In the
confederate. 1t was impossible to es-
tablish a conspiracy, the boy refused
to admit that he had aid and he went
to the scaffold, declaring that he gave
his life for the service Of the Mother
land.
absolutely provided the existence of a
be permitted to continne. and the gov
eminent decided to take measures to
stop It. Two agitators In the north
west portion of India had been de-
ported for writing and speaking sedi-
ton. The deportation was carried out
under q law of 1913. O survival Of the
old East India Company rule. The
regulation In the. first place had been
enacted to rid Calcutta of an English
editor who was annoying to the COM
Gus desuetude 1t was brought out
again for use in the present emergency.
The deportation caused great
storm Of protest all over India, and no
little indignation in England itself.
Finally the two men were permitted
to return to India. but not until after
nine, others had been deported from
Bengal This method of treating the
disease proved futile. 1t only in
creased the agitation and the unrest
II is still a live issue, and the Iniians
are demanding that the so-called de
portees'' shall not be made ineligible
for service on the new councils to be
created by the Morley Reform Scheme
When Sir Andrew Fraser left office
few months ago, Bengal was in a
condition of anarchy Not only were
the bomb outrages and political crimes
almost daily occurrences. but under
cover of the excitement the ancient
gang-robbers known as "dacoits' had
resumed operations. 1t was much the
same as the maraui ling criminals who
sheltered themselves under the excite
ment caused by the tobacco agitation
in Kentucky and Tennessee. giving rise
to the Might Rider" outrages.
On account Of the general sympathy
of the people for the political agita-
tors, and the widespread fear of the
dacoits, It was impossible to secure
convictions of suspects under ordinary
rules of practice. Therefore, q law
was enacted creating a special high
tribunal to try such cases.
This tribunal is composed of three
judges selected from the High Court
DeHcn. II Tries ACCUSED men upon IN
formation without jury, and there IL
no appeal whatever from it's findings.
The same law provided that persons
furnishing money or aid Of any kind
TO seditious persons or societies were
to be held equally culpable.
That measure had the effect of
stopping a great deal of the trouble.
gang of dacoits was apprehended
and sent to swift punishment That
had a soothing effect. But the most
the money provision. Wealthy Ben
galese OF the educated classes had
been advancing money to the anar-
chists. and in other ways encouraging
the campaign of violence. When the
law was changed so that their partici-
patton might send them also to the
gallows. they shut up their purses.
Now the anarchists must depend upon
their own resources for funds. or re-
sort to the dangerous method of steal
ing II by "dacoities." That ia ex-
tremely perilous. for even a sympa
thizer does not wish to have his house
broken into and his valuables stolen
to aid the cause"
Early in this year the police adopt
Every mans house is liable to be
entered and searched any day. AL
most every day the newspapers publish
long lists of these searches, nearly
always accompanied by a list of seiz.
ures. Seditious books and literature
are usually the only things found. but
occasionally a fire-arm which has eS-
capped the police register, or a recipe
for making bombs will he dfacnvarad