The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-06
IDLE THE ONES
NOW DISCUSSING
INDIAN REVOLT
Failure Of Civil Service Jobs
to Go Round Causing
Unrest.

Simla, India, Jan. 5.-Many stories
have appeared at various times to the
effect that India was on the verge Of
an armed revolt. Though the revolu-
ton has not materialized, the ques-
ton Of the real attitude Of the people
still furnishes material for specula-
ton abroad. To all outward appear
ances the traveller today finds India
as peaceful as America, but the wa
tiers Of sedition run deep and to learn
the facts correspondent of The As
ISOLATED Press has interviewed many
people-American residents, British
officials and business men, Indian
subjects of varying rank in private
life, and conservative and radical In
dian politicians, both Mohammedan
and Hindu.
The vast majority Of the $4,000
900. Inhabitants are peace-lov1ng folk
who are opposed to all ideas of revc-
flutionary bloodshed. The illiteratc
class. which forms the bulk Of the.
population, have little or no interest
in politics. The educated people of
the law-abiding section, whether they
be ultra-radical home ~rt1le advocates
or not, desire to remain part Of the
British empire, feeling that the pro-
lection of Great Britain is essential
to the welfare Of India. Most of them
look forward to the time when India
wilt occupy a position similar to that
Of Canad and Australia; many assert
India iss ready for the change now.
but they all hope to achieve their
aims by peaceful methods, and in all
events do not desire total severance
from England.
There is certain amount of Sc
ditious unrest in various sections but
the people who harbor revolutionary
ideas are declared to be neglible in
number. The cliques are more or less,
independent of one another and are
composed largely of men who have
received smattering Of European
education. The majority have stud
led with the idea of entering the gov
eminent service. Naturally, there are
not enough civil service positions to
go around, and as these men feel that
having acquired polish, they are above
returning to the trades Of their faith
ers, they find themselves without
means Of making a livelihood. For
this they blame the government Idle
ness brings them together for dis
cussion of their alleged wrongs and
they prove fertile ground for the real
ly educated professional agitator to
work upon.
OF the totally il1fterate people great
numbers are still in the primitive
states. and their minds operate along
the same lines as did those of their
ancestors centuries ago. Their
thoughts mainly concern their stom-
aci1s. If they have enough food to
stay their hunger and a place in the
sun they are content. The question
Of who is ruling them does not both
err in the least. Many of them un-
doubtedly never heard of England, or
any other place outside their own lit
tie sphere, and it wbuld be difficult
to convince them that they ought to
rise in arms to Dust the governing
power.
In country as vast as India there
Is always a probability that local
troubles may occur. Things are quiet
at the moment but 1t would be unsafe
to predict that seditionists might not
stir up feeling which would result in
local disturbances tomorrow. Such
events have occurred since the begin
ming Of the war, the most pretentious
attempt having been made in the
Punjab as the result Of a conspiracy
developed among the Indian emil
grants on the Pacific Coast of Ameri-
ca, largely in California and Oregon.
Between five and six thousand Sc
Ationists made their way home and