The Washington times., 1921-09-18

Basanta Koomar Roy.
MOST decidedly section Of non.
W violent Manhatma Gandhi's
violent followers have lost all
patience for and faith in. non.vioa-
lent methods for the political eman-
cipation Of enslaved India. o..
Goaded by the British violation Of
the sancity Of their homes, the ar
rest Of one Of their leaders. the news
Of the humiliation Of the Khilafat
and the defeat Of the Turkish ma
tionalists under Mustapha Renal
Pasha, by the Greeks. the Moplahs
Of Malabar have risen In open re-
volt against the British Raj.
The affected region covers an area
Of about $4,000 square miles. and
contains about 100000 people.
1.eo0, 900 FESTIVE.
The Moplahs themselves are 1900
900 strong. They can easily raise
an army Of 100000 men Of most
efficient fighting ability. Their
fighting spirit il Of such a nature
that the British call them fanatics.
There was q Moplah regiment in
the British. indian army. But their
spirit Of independence was too
strong to serviiely serve the Brit
ish officers and obey their COM
mands. Consequently the Moplah
regiment was disbanded in 1907.
The panic stricken British govern
mont has declared martial law In
the six districts Of Calicut, Ernad.
Kurambr.nad, Ponnsni, Wsinad and
walsvsnad.
The dragons teeth that the AFRO
CANT government Of England has
long been sowing in India. Ireland
and Egypt has Just begun to come to
harvest. Watch India finish the
fight which Ireland has 90 nobly
begun.
Even the women Of India are be-
coming FESTIVE, those Of inferior de-
gree being hardly more inflamed
than their sisters Of the higher
strata. Ono Of the most patriotic
women in India is the highly Gull
tured Nine. Begun Atiyee Tyzee
Rahamin.
It Is curious that the first dyna.
mically striking manifestations Of
the present revolutionary movement
in India shouid be staged around
Caiicut. For 1t was at this port
that the first European boats under
Vasco da Cana anchored In 1895
four centuries and twenty-thrss
years ago. ..'. .,.<
Many q time the Moplahs de-
feated the Portuguese In battles on
both land and sea- And the Briton,
too. has moro than once felt the
keenness Of the edges Of the Mop
lah swords. The Moplah Is ever
ready to stake his life to resent m
insult.
KEENLY RESENT INSULTS.
Recently this happened In one Of
the blggest hotels in New York City.
OF the many porters one was an
Engiishman. stalwart and strong.
and q war veteran; another was an
East Indian. The Engiishman was
anything but courteous to his Indian
fellow-worker. Once, I am told. the
moment the Englishman insulted
him. he took . broken iron pipe and
struck the Englishman SO hard that
he was unconscious In Q hospital for
several days. This East Indian was
. Mopiah Mohammedan. He has
just been acquitted by an American
Judge.
The Moplahs, Of Malabar, are
fighting with great bravery against
the British forces, and they are
being helped. both directly and in
directly, by the Hindus. The revolu-
tionists have looted and burned
British police stations and Govern
mont offices; they have liberated
prisoners and burned prisons: they
have attacked treasures and carried
away cash in hundreds Of thousands;
they felled trees, destroyed bridges
and tore up railroad lines and cut ;
telegraph wires to obstruct the move
ment Of British troops.
DECLARE, INDEPENDENCE.
They have declared their indepen-
dence, and have chosen one Of their
leaders as their ruler and have un-
furied the flag Of freedom. The pa
triotic police and ex-Sepoys have fur
nished them with . few arms and
some ammunition. But they are most
ly fighting with knives and basboo
sticks: with swords and stones. Tho
Leinster regiment was badly beaten (.
The British Raj realized the import
ance Of the crisis, and rushed troops
from all nearby cantonments.
The British were defeated on
land, in spite Of the indiana horror
of machine guns and modern rifles.
The British general staff then or
dered the British battleship Conius,
the Conopus and the Newab to the
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