Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BOLSHEWSTS SEEK
REPUBLIC IN INDIA
Organized and Armed Agita-
ton for Interna! Strife
Disclosed in Papers.

BY Cable to Tie Star and New York World,
LONDON, July 24.--That the Rus
sian BolsheVists are vigorously pro-
paganding for the establishment of a
Federated Republic Of the United
States Of India" by IAN organized
and armed revolution is disclosed in
official documents published by the
government of Bengal.
The knowledge of this, which of
course, has been communicated to
the India office in Whitehall, doubt
less influenced the speeches Of For
eign Secretary Sir Austen Chamber
lain and Indian Secretary the Earl
of Birkenhead when they stated,
apropos the alleged Russian trade
miners strike funds, that Soviet Rus.
STA was wflfully ignoring treaty oblf-
cations as regards undertakings not
to propagate Soviet doctrine in India
and other part of the British Empire.
India long has been a sphere of
Russian intrigue, whether CZarist or
feminist, but the Czarists played the
game" according to British ideas, in
that they sought to gain control over
only the mountain passes leading to
India by Substituting Afghans, Balu-
CHS or anybody else who wanted to
The Soviet government frankly is
agitating for an internal upheaval
which will obviate the necessity Of
sending Russian army to seize the
passes and eventually conquer India.
Such Is the information obtained by
the British officials in India and at
home, and it is significant that the
Earl of Lytton, Governor Of Bengal,
now is in England and is in close con-
sultation with Lord Birkenhead. Also
Viscount Wilmington. former Indian
governor, has been very assiduous in
his Downing street calls-not entirely
connected with his recently announced
appointment to the Governor General.
ship of Canada.
Marquis of Reading In COncIave.
The Marquis of Reading, who re-
Gently terminated his tenure of office
as Viceroy of India, is a regular visi-
tor at the India Office nowadays, and
perhaps most significant of all-Sir
Charles Tregar, head of the Calcutta
police. conveniently happens to be ION
leave" and he seems to be spending q
''busman's holiday" in consultation
with Scotland Yard and the India OF.
fee.
The Indian Government officials
London regarding the BolsheVist cam
paign in India, and while the authori-
ties in Britain's great Eastern de
tendency seem to, or at any rate,
claim to, have the matter well In
hand" 1t is clear that something will
have to be done about Moscow's ac-
tivities.
: The Review of Bengal in 1924
1925, published by the Bengal gov
eminent, states that the whole of
1925 was spent in scotching the &C.
tivities of the revolutionary propa-
gandists, which included among other
things, two murders, two attempts at
murder, establishment of a bomb fac
tory, issue of inf.amatory leaflets an
nouneing a campaign of ruthless as
sassinations os police officers and the
condemning to immediate death of all
who in any way helped the govern
ment.
Student Deed1 Praised.
Pamphlets setting out in laudatory
terms the deeds of students in the
movement for freedom in Russia, and
calling upon the young men of Ben
gal to do likewise, were distributed
broadcast and that the conspiracy had
widespread organization was shown
by the extensive method of distribu-
ton of a pamphlet containing
direct Indictment to revolution for the
purpose Of establishing the Republic
OF India. Perhaps more dangerous
were the attempts to organize Illicit
traffic in arms.
A consignment of German bayonets,
disguise, as ''woodcutting nipple
ments." and two cargoes of arms and
ammunition sources were intercepted,
and irrefutable proofs Of the existence
OF a highly organized, well-armed,
weil-f1nanced conspiracy, against
which all attempts to set the ma
chinery of the ordinary law in motion
had failed, are in the hands of the
Indian authorities.
RevolutiOnaries Now BOIder.
2 Since the death of the great Swara-
list C'Hore Rule') leader, c. r. Das,
the revolutionaries have been getting
holder. Das would have nothing to
do with armed revolution, but he
managed to quiet the revolutionaries
by promises that the Swarajist move
ment would be able to show tangible
proofs of their achievements within a
short time. This the Swaraj group
has signally failed to do--in the eyes
of the extremists-aEd at the last
political conference, held in May, the
Home Rulers" were given plainly to
understand the revolutionaries would
not continue to accept Swarajist
leadership.
The situation has been further COM
plicated by the Hindu-Moslem ten
sion, which has prevented the mod
crates on both sides from controlling
their adherents. The revolutionaries
are mainly Hindus, and the moderates
among the Hindu community feel
they will suffer because Of the ex-
treme element which they are unable
10 control.
Religious feeling between Hindus
and Moslems always is tense in India,