The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-27
INDIA IS QUIET
AND LOYAL TO
BRITAIN IN WAR
Only Disturbances Are Caused by
the Ever Restless Warlike
Border Tribes.
TO ASK VOICE IN EMPIRE


tonomy-Mohammed Of India
Are Greatest Buiwark OF
the British Rule.
London.-All efforts to stir up seri-
Gus trouble for the British in India
have 80 far failed signally. The few
seditious movements noted have had
their origin In Hindu organizations
which antedate the great war.
When 1t Is considered that the pop
ulation of India-315, 900 .00-is more
than three times that of the United
States, the relative insignifcance of
the few outbreaks in the last year and
a half is evident.
In such a great nation disorders are
inevitable. in either war or peace, just
as the United State. or any other ma
ton is never quite free from labor
troubles causing loss Of life or prop
erty. All the information, official and
otherwise, received here, shows that
the Indian empire is profoundly quiet,
except for the ever-restless. warlike
border tribes Of the Northwest.
The rulers of the great native indie
pendent or semi-independent states,
from the nizam of Hyderabad with his
100000 people down. are loyal to
their emperor, King George v Of Eng
land. They have contributed liber
ally Of their public and private means
to assist Great Britain against her
enemies. Many of their relatives are
active members of the British army.
The Mohammedans of India, far
from being an element to be distrust-
ed, are the greatest bulwark of Brit
ish rule. This minority of 100000
has always sided with the British as
its protectors against the more numer-
Gus Hindus. 1t Is stated here that no
Mohammedan has ever been convicted
Of completely in a reasonable enter
prise in India.
Just Quiet Farmers.
1t must be remembered that of the
800, 100000 people in India at least
250,000,000 are quiet. uneducated, gen.
tie agriculturalists, quite uninterest-
ed in politics, asking from their gov
eminent only a chance to till their lit
tie farms in peace and caring no fur
Their as to the character of their
rulers.
1t must not be concluded from these
facts that the world war is without
important effect on India. The Hindu
intellectual leaders see the grow
ing prominence Of Canada, South At
RIGA, Australia and New Zealand in
the empire. They know that these
British dominions will soon ask a
place in the councils of the empire
and voice in the peace congress
which shall follow the war.
They believe that the time has come
for India to have a voice in the en-
pire, too. They demand further de-
gree of autonomy for India, something
approximating the freedom Of Eng
lands white dependencies.
This was clearly set forth by the
Indian National congress at Bombay
on December 80, which unanimously
adopted a resolution demanding self
government for India.
At the same time the delegates to
the congress heartily applauded Baba
Surendranth Bannerjee when he said:
"India's devotion to the throne dur
ing the war has been unsurpassed"
Fellow Feeling Among Asiatics.
India, like other eastern nations, is
permeated, too. with the spirit Of
Asia for the Asiatics' Despite the
long hostility between certain nations,
notably China and Japan, there Is de-
veloping fellow feeling in Asiatic
nations against European dictation.
An illustration was an incident which
occurred in Tokyo in December.
Two young Indians. British SUBJ
jects, received SO hours notice to
leave Japan, the reason being their al
legged completely In German plots to
foment disturbances in India. The no.
tice was SO timed that the only vessel
by which the departees could sail
was bound for Shanghai, where they
were liable to arrest by the British
consul.
The Indians laid their hard case
before sympathizers in the Japanese
press. Leading independent politi-
clans were approached. In few hours
a formidable agitation was afoot. A
deputation waited on the foreign min
lister and asked that the order should
be withdrawn or altered so as to per-
NIT the Indians to board ship bound
for America.
The minister refused, whereupon
the government was defied. A lead
ing member Of the diet who delights
to act the part of "ronin,' or free
lance Literally warrior without a
lord), took the Indians to his home
and kept them there till the time
specified in the order had expired
Feared Flare-up.
The authorities drew q Gordon of
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