The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
SEDITTON IN INDIA
NOT DUE TO war
Dissatisfaction With Conn.
tions Dates Back to Long
Before Conflict,
GERMAN AID LIKELY
ny OSCAR KING DSXts.

BOMBAY. India. Feb. c0.-Since uri,,r,
from Calcutta I have travelled in ,o-.t
ern India and have had o,yortuni,v :.
see and hear much abou, condi,,op.
to tho loyalty or disloyalty Of tho reon,,
to the British Empire.
On the ship that brough, mo fro,,
Rangoon to Calcutta there was a ,ou.
PunJabi. who is a member Of a prom,ps,.
family in northern india. That f,ml
has earned a high standing with the s,r,,
ish and some OF It's members have fl,
privilege Of writing certain letters af,e.
their names. the symbols Of honor anon.
all British subjects the world over.
My young acquaintance ia well .dy.
Gated and speaks English as fucn,lv q.
most E~nglishmen. lie knows ,n.,ch ,no,,
about several subjects. especially ebou,
religious philosophy, both OF his " LAM
and OF England. than most Of the Err
iishmen you meet. and he can discuss n.
principles OF government N the ,h.or,
and doctrine Of liberty as ~f'uen,iy an m,
highly trained British politician.
From all these considerations 4, .ee,r.l
his view OF the native feeling should 10
worth some attention. lie talked qvr.
frankly with me. after no found I was A.
American. and although some OF NJ.
statements and conclusions are ur.
doubtedly c~xtravaEant. there IL alsn M
doubt that much OF what he saws is ,ru.
lie was much disturbed by the ares,
and exile OF NICOLA Dawood In Ran goon.
and there came from him At times 81.
press,ons which indicated he was suffer.
Ing from a similar kind Of curdled hear,
that drove Har Dyal to desperation and
treason.
"O0 Fer Cent. Disioyai."
people," he said vehemently. mo Whit.
man a tell Il. wen II he lives here TO-
many years and knows them mos, init.
mately. But I tell you there is not /
per cent. OF the population Of India thai,
Is loyal TO the British rule"
THAT is a small percentage" ! SUI.
gested.
But 1t Is true he replied. "why
should We care about the British Ttsy
stand in London and talk abou, tn.
loyalty Of India. Why should linda
be loyal to the British? What have TIE
British done for india? VIVA, they tay.
done is all to India. and not for u.
They COVER India not for the heref'
Of the Indians, but for the benefit o.
the British. and you will not have 10 stay
long in India or look about munh viii.
here to see the truth OF that"
I spoke to some of the criminal IN.
vestigation department men about THIS
native estimate OF native loyalty. They
were all frank enough to admit there is
considerable sedition In India. and thai
in Bengal and the Punjab II has teen
rather troublesome. That nearly tho en-.
tire population 10 disloyal is contrary to
their Information and belief.
There is not 7 per cent of the POM.
lation hat is seditious.'' W-as the CON.
ment of the chief official with whom
talked. "Our trouble has been Nth (,
small proportion OF the peop.e, and a..
most wholly confined 20 Bengal and ne
Punjab.
My observation is that there is SOM,
thing OF truth and something OF exae.
gcratbon In both these statements
Neither is wholly wrong or wholly az.
curate. II may be hat only ! per cen
OF the population is positively loyd. !,
the British, but ! am satisfied tina,
decided majority Of rhe people are -
disloyal. although theirs may be a pas
s.v loyalty.
On the other hand. the crea: mass o.
the people may seem listless and ;nd!f'
fercnt hut still be carrying around b.
their breasts hearts that are sour a.
bitter. fertile ground for the teaching
Of %spreaders of mutiny.
In northern India I had n hahI a.
Interpreter and general guide. uHe d.
was amusing myself by ash,us him -
| Inutsh nNaanttra ~ Il ff.r.r' r.fV.
words that I met constantly o. ~.
English newspapers. lie a'swe"'.
readily. and when the ak was ci'-c.
removed from the subject ~ s.dit,or sr'
treason ! suddenly asked
What does 'Ghair' mean