Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-27
INDIA is FACING A GRAVE CRISIS
BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD UNREST
DEVELO pED SINCE the WAR ended
Main Cause Is Attributed to the High Cost of
Living and the Consequent Hard Times for
the Population; Opposition to the Govern
ment Is Said to Be Very Strong.
tBy THE ASSOCIATED PREssI

CLATED PRESSD
| dorsemept in England OF this pol
icy by some legislators in the de-
bates Of parliament, and the sub
scription to a testimonial to Cen
eraI Dyer got mp by London
newspaper which amounted to
| 100000.
Refutc Dycrs' Claim.
To General Dyers' claim that he
fired on n menacing mob in the be-
lief that he was preventing a sedi-
tious outbreak, the Indian replies
| that the Amritsar crowd was peace
able and intended not the slight
est harm. This incident and its Sc
quel have been known throughout
| the length and breadth Of the land
and undoubtedly have done moro
to embitter the population of india
than anything in recent years.
The cost of living has hit the
average Indian exceedingly hard,
since his main interest in life CEN
| ters in his food, his business jour
neys, his periodical pilgrimages to
various parts of the country, and IN
1.-The observance Of his religious rites.
His place of adobe and its furnish
lnss troupIe MN ~ VI ~,
an. ne Is no" ula"le " 10y -
1000 10 Whleh ne ldS peelt '''Cu's
TONED, simple as ms WANTS a. ~ e,
Likewise, ne can no lohsel ln% ~,
his Journeys aepehoihs On Nc
friends for food and lodging, be-
cause, forsooth, his friends cannot
afiofd 10 entertain nun ~ wv
lnomadlc lhulan inns Is d s'le''"9
thing. ~
| Cost OF Sottoh 0io'h'
Even religious obserVances are
loffected, a most serious matter
The gravity of the situation from
the Indians standpoint may DE u
! Illustrated by referring to the cost OF
ordinary cotton cloth "hlch 90 ON
tlIiie soe ~ ny , ~ roIir-
| i me, 't W. w. daad shall he
ioii ~ 90 80 nhro,,da Tbis is
pul ied q IA ''iln a,.di,oi rrIos the oh
/ ohe U the GU oln"t - 49, an,bors
Sti Van0e ~ No. 20 rrI, ~, +horn orc
OIL inns reiis do no VI ~, m'iItt dia 70 Oh
ileally IV'0O''''V 40 ''
illipol eaiit'
With the price or COTTON ci ,,l..
beNond ms reach, the lo"er G'a1o
Mohammedan was coilpelleu W
bury MS dead IN ORDINARY ciotlllns
which had been worn TO the NV 9
ing TINS seems 10 ne tlie ii..'1I % %
5acrllege' ana they are teIrllleu ~, -.
the hereafter. II TINS appear ilhe
a trivial matter TO lhe WeStti J.,
nina, one mas only 10 fecaIl va.
one OF the causes OF lue NIea !
Mutlny IN lhola IN 1900 WaS tii.''
) Indian soldiers We're cohlpeile', "
plte OH the tiio " pap5 t., ,'' ~ ~ .,
Mhlci li''u go -, MI no,,, is a
VI comS n.n pae ~ 1r;n,d,, rorigior
saC, gu ait.il''i - ~ oo ot' hi,a Mo Mo
ai'u iiltts Nv ~ 49, Nroi,ar,r,od,n
Is iihViie'ii' " va.
81 Government ~ i'iai''eu'
The high cost Of living. and al
other troubles which may have
{ fallen on the Indian, are attributed
: by him to the government. This
t is due to the paternal sySfem which
t the government has for generations
1 exercised in India. The govern
] ment has come to be the all-poWer'
= full thing from which come al
things, both good and bad. Liter
ally speaking, If there has been
favorable monsoon ana the crop
have been good, the government
has always received the credit To-
: it from the masses who do no
question but that Delhi makes tn
weather. Since the reverse is als'
true, the government is now con
! demned for poor crops or higI
! prices. Thus the government Il
being censured for all present con
, ditions throughout the country
: The present "Rowlatt" regula
? tons. which are causing so man,
heartburnings, were passed afte
!, the war to take the place of thos'
D under which the country had beer
governed dur ing the conflict. The.
: give the government powers almos
= as wide as those which would oh
tain under martial law. 1t ha'
been planned to discontinue sucl
measures six months after hostil
tics cpaSed hut when the time ar
rived, the government felt that IN
= moment was not ripe for tn
change. Accordingly anothe
q measure of similar purport wa
q passed and still remains In effect