Arizona republican., 1916-11-27

Some 200 of them, whom we knew as seditionists from past experience were detained on their arrival at port or in the Punjab, but the majority of them, who were supposed to be peaceful sub jects, were allowed to go their way and travelled to the Punjab. where, as it appeared later, the most violent at once proceeded to start the revolt Their plans were, however, considerably dis organized by the fact that many of their leaders had been interned on ar rival in India
 The objects of the seditionists, as set forth by copies of Ghadr and orner evidence produced at the trials, were mainly these: the seduction of Indian troops and villagers, the massacre of loyal subjects and officials, the break ing of jails. the footing of treasuries union with foreign enemies, the com mission of dacolties, the procuring of arms, the foundation of secret socie- ties and the destruction of railways and telegraphs."
 Sir Michael referred to a report of the conspiracy trials, and continued:
 Here are a few extracts from the revolutionists' publications produced at the trials which will indicate their frame of mind:
 Dcdl WILL illt europeans m SuCh way that they might remember it across the seas, Fight for the country kill the. whites Be determined to ex- pei the tyrants Drink their blood to your hearts content and Let us start d rebelliOn-The enemy is entangled Tn difficulties-He is hemmed in by the | German lion-Let us all go together | "A poem which was found in the ! pocketbook of one of the men brought i to trial is also interesting although rather gruesome. It runs as follows
 Kill or die, The government of 1 these tyrants will not last any longer. 1 The time of thy departure has come. Z Let us kill the white Take the coun- | try even at the cost of your lives Be ready for rebellion. Kill the wicked and tyrannic European. It is very easy l to kill him. Do not leave any trace of him. Do not leave him until you have taken his life. Extirpate the whole na . ton. Set fire 10 all the churches. Kill all Europeans, men and women, show them no mercy. Kill them to a finish i, Sacrifice them on the altar of the sword. Spare neither parents nor off spring. You should Hay Europeans alive. so that they may remember il for ages to come Without a rebellion ouI lives will always be unhappy. Make a rebellion hastily. you have not more than q year at your disposal Kill the whites and fill the rivers with theiI corpses. We will go up to England shouting. kill kill
 The revolYtionists gradually fore gathered in some gangs and laid plans for the commission Of robberies and other outrages, partly to terrorize tho loyal population partly for the purpos, of securing funds to finance the revolt In November and December. 1914, var ious murders were committed and at tempts were made to loot treasuries ard arseaals but through the watch fitness of the police and the coopera ton of the people these revolutionary plans were frustrated and late in De cember a large number of the gang
 leaders were rounded up and lmpris
 oned.
 However. at the end of December
 matters once more began to assume q
 serious aspect. Certain revoiutionist
 from Bengal came north and assumed
 direction of affairs with the result tha'
 some sort Of organization was esfab.
 lished out Of the chaos Emissariel
 were set to work collecting material
 for bombs. a bomb factory was estab
 lished at Jhabewal. and other step
 were taken to further an outbreak.
 loNdfIH tilt cru tA JdMldi1 NdAbA-
 ties were committed at various places
 B. the combined efforts of the people
 and the police numbers of the leaders
 were arrested from time to time bu
 the outrages continued. Headquarters
 for the rebels were established at Am
 ritsar and Lahore and it was decided
 that on Februarv 2l. 1915. a genera
 rising should be attempted. Accord
 ingiy messengers were sent out to sev
 eral cantonments to announce to thu
 Indian troops the coming revolt From
 the very beginning, of course. attempt
 had been made to seduce troops by th
 distribution of literature and by per
 sonal contact but in all but fev
 cases these attempts met with com
 plete failure and the army. like tn civil population. remained steadfastl.
 loyal.
 T'In pursuance of their plans the rev olutionists prepared bombs. collecte
 arms provided instruments for de stroying railways and telegraphs. an [ drew up a declaration of war One i'm l portant thing they had overlooked , however. and that was the vigilance Q
 the police and the hostility of the peo
 pie towards the revolutionary move | ment. The rebels became suspicion |. finally and antedated the time Of th rising to February 1s, but this too be came known to the authorities an when the leaders assembled in Lahor to start the conflagration they wer surrounded in a bomb factory and ar | rested by the government forces Thus the outbreak in Lahore neve took place and as the signal was no given in that city the other propose risings collapsed. This really was tn end of the main revolutionary enter prise although for many months mur ders were done and isolated outrage were committed by small bands of re turned emigrants who had not bee apprehended. In this connection 1t significant to note that the people c Punjab, having, as has been pointe out. no sympathy with the revolution ary plans and growing tired of tn lawless acts in many cases gave infor nation against the rebels and assiste the authorities in their arrest As result, while, there undoubtedly ar I numbers of the original conspiratoi living in the Punjab, the lawlessnes has been suppressed and this exotl movement. foreign to the ideas an I traditions of a people who pride them s selves on their loyalty, has died froi 4 want of the sympathy and support tn 4 misguided leaders had counted upon. \ "The men who were arrested wer ' dealt with in two trials. In the fir J trial 57 accused, chiefly returned Six 5 emigrants, were convicted and of thes J Fl were found cIIilty of Offcnses Dur