New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

-'SA ~"I 0Ho NotAs, Hol ~ IL even
The elimination Of long series Of
feelings OF resentment a. foreign dom
nation. II is just the same thing that
IS bothering New York and London to-
day: economic instability. The legacy
OF the wa..
The Indian equation, as these men
sec it. is simple. When prices are low
and work plentiful there is content
Men.- When prices go up and joba are
scarce the.e is discontent At the
present time the latter situation OBJ
tains in India, with the result that
agltators find plastic material where
with to work.
Economic Situation
Is Basis Of Trouble
The economic situstion-Lign prices
and unemp' 'oyment~-may be regarded
AZ tho Fundamental basis Of Inda's g
disturbed state OF mind Add to this
an unnatural alliance between Hndus
and Moslems over the fancied wrongs
Of Turkey and a series of unfortunate
oppressive measures by the govern
rcnt, eliminating in the famous AM
ritsar massacre, and you have the main
ingredients Of tho Indian trouble. Dis
content with British rule is a natural
coro!lary. but it is noteworthy that, ex-
'opt'ng in very few cases, the agi-
'ators have not made the expulsion OF
he British part OF their platform.
But is not movement aimed d.
sectly at driving out the British and
al forcicners-a natural consequence
4 TIC present state Of affairs, an
7dan authority in London was asked
% day
Il do not think 60" he replied. On
ny opinion, the worst OF the Indian
roub!e is past 1t is truo that tho
economic situation has not yet become
'ormal and may even be worse. But
here ls to be considered the fact that
ne indian Legislative Assembly, de-
5p'tc the efforts OF the nou-co-opera
iors, has become reality, and that
Fhic the new Indian constitution
docs not give as great measure OF
autonomy as is offered to the Irish. j.
nevertheless moves the Indians a erea,
sep foruard in self lfgovernment. One
cry tangible result is that distrjbu.
ton OF official positions undor thu
new government has begun, and tbs,
7oinc OF the malcontcnts are herinnino
20 wonder whether defiance and dis.
ofoer pay as we'll as ordc rlines. 2 nd
\ good government jobs.
moreover. consider the Prince o,
Ns!cs visit TO have been Of tho hiph.
est benefit. lndinns Of all c,as.es
nave profound respect for the kine
.mpetor-far greater than thew hav,
'or any constitution or legislative as
sembly-and the presence Of the Prince
denotes to them that their King ha,
not forgotten them"
What Us this India which ha,
steadily been forcing its way into tb.
news of the day?
Inc indian States. which occupv ,
continent as varied in climate chay
scteristics and inhabitants as is NORTH
America, fall into two main divisions
The greater part of the country ha,
oecn until very recently under thu
oircct control of Great Britain. which
through the Viceroy and his Council
exercised what 10 known as Grown
Co'ony government. That is. British
India was ruled not through the
medium of local or provincial leeisla-
lures, but by British administrators
appointed by the central government
iho native states, on the contrary.
nave exercised q great measure OF
autonomy. Attached to the court. q.
each Of tho native rulers there was 2
British political agent.
II the state in which he found him.
SELF was we'll governed" remarked an
Englishmau who had long resided in
India, "the political agent got in quite
bit Of shooting and tcnnis, but had
~~ry little work. II the sdmini.tra.
Son was mediocre he stuck close ia
his post, and suggested this or that
line Of action. If the government was
really bad he reported it to sinla.
and soon there was new ruler in
that province. The English didn't
depose the inefficient one; it generally
happened that the people themselves,
somehow or other. discovered that they
needed \ changc!"
Plots Always in Progress
Against the Government
Until the war was we'll advanced this
system worked fairly we'll. There we're
always minor plots in progress against
the government and 4 few bombs were
thrown each year, but these affairs
we're discounted in advance and didn't
worry anybody very much.
The conclusion Of the war, although
it removed the menace Of vast i'm