The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
1.-THE PROBLEM OF INDIA"

a high-caste Hindu movement, threatens to swamp them beneath the weight of the Hindu majority. This predominance Of the high-caste Brahmins likewise ex- plains the opposition of the low-caste Hirdus to Indian home rule. So great is the low-caste fear of losing their present protection under the British Raj and of being subjected to the domination of high-caste Brahmin oligarchy that in re- cent years they have formed an associa- ton known as the 'Namasudra,' led by well-known persons like Dr. Nair. The Namasudra points out what might hap pen by citing the Brahminic pressure
 which occurs even in such political ac-
 tivity as already exists For example. in many elections the Brahmins have ter
 rorized low-caste voters by threatening
 to sout-caste' all who should not vote the Brahmin ticket. thus making them
 'Pariahs' '-untouchables-with no rights
 in Hindus society"
 In the face of these complications, MT. FStoddard considers that the British have pursed a policy which may. on the whole, be called liberal, at least in in tention. He discusses at length the Mon tagu-c Chelmsford report, which "recom- mended concessions far beyond any which Great Britain had hitherto made. It frankly envisaged the gift of home rule to India as soon as possible
 These recommendations were embodied in law, after over year of discussion. at
 the close of 1913.
 Unfortunately however. as Mir. Stod- dard says, during the IS months which elapsed between the publication of the report and the bins enactment the situ- ation in India had become mucn worse Militant unrest again raised it's head, and i India was more disturbed than it had l been since 1909" MT. stoddard gives an Interesting analysis of the causes of this
 unrest which were, in brief, the hope Of stampeding the British Parliament by terrorism into wider concessions than the
 the report contemplated; the distress re-
 sulting ffcm a terrible famine, and an Afghan war, throwing the northern bor- 1 der into tumult and unsett1ing the Mo- lhammedan element.
 "The rpshot of 1t IWas. an epidemic ol,
 riots, terrorism and seditious activity4
 The government, alarmed, passed strong oppressive bill known to radical India as the ''black cobra" bill, though
 its less descriptive name was merely.
 "thc Rowlatt bill" Since that time re- pression has been the order of the day' !the horrors culminating in the Amritsar massacre for which General Dyer was censured. though a certain. element or the British public has since delighted to do thim honor
 .Yet. fortunately" MT. Stoddard con c,udes neither Indian revolutionaries l nor British reactionaries dominate the situation. On both sides cool-headed Headers are keeping their tempers and are striving toward sincere and open-minded
 Incorporation.
 India is thus in full transition. It is an anxious and a troubled time. The old order is passing, and the new or del is not yet fairly in sight. The hour lis big with possibilities of both good ana evil, and no one can confidently predict 1.-the outcome.
 "One thing, however, is clear; the days If arbitrary British rule over India are numbered. To plead the fairness, non Iestly and efficiency of that rule is s'o miss the whole point, because ihu'a lwants not merely good government pue iself-government and the desire or one { sixth of the human race cannot lolesef he denied