The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
tBv Associated press,

LONDON, Sept. 1o.-Three FACTORS
In connection with the present dis
turbed conditions in India. factors
about which little is known abroad.
make It difficult to set forth the
causes which have led to the declara-
ton OF martial law by the British In
six districts: Calicut, Walavanad, Pom
nanni, Ernad, Wynaad and kurambra-
mad all within 500 miles OF Madras.
These factors are, first, the Gandhl
or "non-co-operation' movement, led
by a supposedly non-resistant native
messiah: the operation of the new
government for India act. which went
into effect in January. 1921, and the
administration of the new viceroy. the
Earl of Reading. Each of these ele-
ments have some bearing, directly or
indirectly, upon the most recent
trouble which has resulted in the kill
ing of Europeans and Hindus by fanat-
ical tribesmen.
Resist British Authority
The disaffected area, Malabar, which
figures In the most recent dispatches
from India, is a narrow strip of land
on the west coast along the Arabian
Sea, south of Bombay. In this region
are upwards of 100000 Mohamme-
dams of Arab descent known as Mop
labs who, for years. have resisted Brit
ish authority In this same territory
are a number of Europeans and many
Dravidians, including Hindus, against
whom the ferocity of the Moplahs Is
said to be directed
The trouble originated, according to
the reports of Malamar magistrate
TO the India office, when the British
authorities began to confiscate wal
knives possessed by the natives of Tir
urangadi. Aiming of the Moplahs was
said to be in violation of the Malabal
offensive weapons act of 1851 Sinks
and other native Indian police, as well
as agitators sympathiZing with the
Gandhi anti-British boycott, have beer
charged with supplying the Moplah:
with weapons and melting them L
rebellion.
Would Destroy British Rule
Mohandas Karachand Gandhi, fht
Nationalist leader. at congress helC
late In 1920 in Nagpur, made a ples
against violence but called for the de
struction of British rule in India anC
was quoted as saying that the success!
vi lhC llOlt-SoOPCid
the refusal of Indians to pay taxes
British products-might involve "wad
ing through oceans of blood"
Gandhi was invited by the Keral;
provisional congress committee Aug
% to visit Malabar and try to pa elf.
the Moplahs, who at that time wer
killing Europeans and Hindus, de
stroying property and proclaiminj
home rule" in all disturbed areas.
On Aug. 1 Gandhi with many of hi
adherents made a public bonfire o
British goods in the streets of BON
bay He was not molested, but a few
weeks later it was reported that tn,
government of India, with the concur
renee of Edward S. Montague, secre
tary of state for India, had decides
to take action against the prominen
personages" held responsible for tn
greater part of the recent troubles il
India.
While the Malabar disturbances ar
new development of the troubles il
India, reports of rioting came fron
other parts of the country.
Sedition Is Advancing
One such outbreak, attributed b
the India office in London to tn
Gandhi propaganda, occurred in tn
mill area of Madras on Aug. %. ST
Michael O'Dwyer. former governor G
the Punjab, in a statement last Jar
uary said that "sedition in India ha
advanced too far and declared tina
Gandhi and others heading "the revt
lutionary conspiracy should be dea'
with vigorously and impartially unde
the law before it is too late"
The Earl of Reading, formerly Tor
chief justice of England, went to Il
dia last April as viceroy in successio
TO Lord Chelmsford. Lord Reading
arrival in Bombay was acclaimed q
happy augury for the country an
it was said that with his aid and IL
establishment of the new Indian lie
islature, peace and prosperity wei
assured One of Lord Readings fir
acts upon reaching India was TO CO
fer with Gandhi. This conferent
took place at Simla on May Is. TT
Bombay bonfire of British-made goot
several weeks later gave the only i
dieation of how Lord Readings pr
posals had been received by the n
tionalist leader and his followers.
Declares Reform Unsatisfactory
OF the new governments refor
bills. committee of the All-Ind
congress in which Gandhi and his f,