The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
sp.,.aL 4, o.,. .tonteace 70 TuE srs.

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LONDON. April ll-"Gcrmany has nh
s~olutely failed in her elaborate attempts
TO create a revolution in India. India.
contrary TO being a weakness, is a great
source OF strength to the British Empire.
The Indian people. instead OF showing
under tine ENCOURAGEMENT OF q great
European war any desire to revolt. have
never been more loyal tina to-day"
These were some O the striking state
ments made by Austen chamberlain
Secretary OF state for India. TO THE
Sun correspondent to-day. standing in
the hig room in the India ONCE and con-
stantly carrying reminders in appearance
and ma nnerlsrns Of his distinguished
father. Joseph Chamberlain. he talked
frankly and AT length about conditions
in India, which In now his special ofn-
cial province.
Statements" he said. ARE often made
that India Is on the brink OF revolution.
Before the war there was much talk or
scdition. There were also seditious acts,
eliminating in an attack on the Niceroy.
The wish is father TO the thought, 80
Germany eagerly swallowed all such
stories and jumped 10 the conclusion
that when Great Britain was involved
in a life and death struggle with n
European Power India would seize the
opportunity 20 throw on British au-
thority.
"There Is not tho slightest doubt that
the Germans, anticipating the war.
firmly held 70 the belief that the Indian
people were discontenred and would
readily revolt In this expectation they
used every means TO turn rhe situation
10 their advantage and create trouble
for us. They had and still maintain
an Indian seditton shop in Berlin, where
seditious literature was and is turned
out wholesale. BY the use OF money and
other means they thought to accomplish
their end. Their attempts failed, though
frankly admit at one time there was a
small amount of trouble.
Conspiracy Launched In L. :.
The population Of India Is 3?o,oOo,ooo
and among that humble there
are naturally Some who are discontented
and even a few who are violently mimi
cal to the Government. There IL not
n country In the world where there are
not Some who are bitterly hostile to
the Government OF the time. And In
India a body Of malcontents did start
a conspiracy to overthrow the British
rule.
THE plot originated among the Hindu
settlers In California, who for a year
or two before the war had been carry
ing on an anti-British propaganda. soon
after the outbreak OF the war a number
of these sailed for India with the de-
sign of seducinG native troops and start
ing a concerted rising which was to
have taken place in February, 1919.
They had been led to expect to find
India in a state OF revolution. They
found ii In a state Of quiet and they
found all the leading men enthusiasts
tically supporting the British Govern
ment SO far from raising the PunJab
as they hoped the missionaries or sedition
met with "a stubborn resistance from the
villagers whom they approached, their
attempts to seduce troops failed, and
they did not secure the adhesion oil a
singie man OF any influence and I'm
p~ortance. The complete failure of their
fantastic conspiracy In the best evil
dence OF the stability Of British rune.
in Bengal there has been a series OF
daring Outrages In the shape or muir
ders md robberies which have produced
some alarm. The ignorance and credu-
lity OF young men have been taken adj
vantage of. FACTS have been n,!srcprc-
sented to them and they have been led
to believe hat India IN oppressed and
that expulsion OF the foreigner will bring
the millennium. And some Of these young
men of the student class have committed
crimes OF violence. which are, however,
condemned by all influential Bengalis.
'rrhese are the chief instances OF
trouble we IA had In India since the
war began. They are trivial when viewed
in comparison with the whole situation.
Apart from these the state of India IL
perfectly satisfactory and nOw after
twenty months OF war the Niceroy Is
able to report that the internal situa-
ton could hardly be more favorable
"In spite Of the fact England can