New-York tribune., 1922-02-27
AgiiaiOrs Returned
From America Said
70 Inname India
RcbcIIious Spirit Reported
Steadily Spreading, With
Growing Hostility of the
Sikhs Adding to Menace


LONDON, Feb 26 The serious cor
ditions Of unrest ia India are en-
phasizcd by correspondents Of Tho
London Times from various localities
in India. They pay particular atten-
ton TO the growing hostilitics Of the
sikbs.
The correspondent accompanying
the Prince Of Wales, in dispatch
from Patiala last Friday. says it is
notorious that the bitterness Of the
Sikhs has been largely fomcntcd by
Indians who have returned from
America. without whom, long before
this, they might have been brought to
see the unreasonabloness Of their ami
mostly
He says that the Punjab. although
owing little allegiance to Mohandas K .
Gandhi. is thc most greatly disturbed
and most mutnously inclined district
Of the whole country. The extremists
are showing Righteousness under the
restrictions OF the resolutions Of the
national congress held at Bardoli, call
ing for Il suspension of civil dis
obedience. and the Khli-Fatist mobs
may at any moment become danger
Gus.
Tho correspondent at Allahabad
telegfaphing Friday, reports hostility
to the Europeans a being manifest in
towns and villages ov,l large areas in
the united provinces and in Bihar,
lie adds that scarcely a day passes
without reports Of riots.
significant agrarian movement Is
progressing i'm the Calcutta region,
says the correspondent there. The
tenants have organized, the zcmndar
tax collectors are being intimidatcd or
boycottcd and crops are being de-
stroyed
Colonel Morgan, Of the Prince Of
Wales's staff, was wounded in the hand
whom rifle was accidentally dis
charged, says a dispntc to The Lon
don Times" from patala, India, dated
Friday. The Tines" adds that the
cores spondcnt has made no further ref
crcnces 80 the firing on several mem
hers Of the Prince OF Waless party
while they we're motoring from Delhi
to Patiala, which is in the Punjab re-
gion last Friday
The correspondent at that time said
10 one was hit
LAHORE, British India, Feb 20
The Prince of Wales arrived here THIS
afternoon. He received cordial vel
come from large crowds. notwithstand-
ing the fact that Lahore has been con
sidered a storm center OF unrest. For
weeks past Haysal mas been vigor-
ously proclaimed and the city closed
to Europeans a. unsafe. The question
even was asked whether il was safe for
the Prince of Wales to pay d visit here.
Last week great trade far mysteri
ouSly sprang up and attracted crowds
of natives. Since the Hartal did not
forbid attendance upon the fair these
crowds Of people congregated to see
the glittering show Of the prince s
entry. The Hartal was completely ig-
norcd
Lahore marks the eliminating point
in the success Of the visit TO India Of
the heir to the British throne. Moth
ing remains in the official program
which gives cause for any uneasness.
DELHI, India, Feb 2s BY The Asso-
ciated Press. After eight hours dis
cussion yesterday the All-lndia Cor
gress committee adopted the resolution
placed before it by Mohandas X.
Gandhi, the non-co- -operationst leader
providing for the sanctioning Of viz
tually all non-co-operative activities,
except mass civil disobedience. These
activities include individual civil dis
obedience and both defensive and ag-
gressive picketing. Virtually no alter
alton was made on the original resolu-
ton as introduced by Gandhi.