THE UNREST IN INDIA.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 737, 10 June 1907, Page 3

THE UNREST IN INDIA.

: '• '-.i.ECTRic Telegraph. — Copyright.] [Press Association.] j :7'aDON, June 7. Ip id Hn<- Commons. Mr .M or!- <-, disc:! y.s. iha disorders in India, and Cl v.ories circulated by a section oi' the native press as to the British being responsible for the plague through having poisoned the wells, upheld coercion under the existing regulations in lieu of prosecutions, which only served to advertise agitators. The Times Simla correspondent says the sedition is restricted to tlie educated middle class. Agitators wore systematically canvassing the villagers and trying to capture the sympathy of the natives. The army was no indication of the extent of the unrest, because the army was coquetting with the movement. The agitators did not anticipate Mr Morley's strength and purpose. Some now suggest three months' incubation of fresh schemes. The situation displays considerable gravity. The English newspapers warmly approve Mr Morley's speech and action. Sir Henry Cotton disagreed with punishing Laj Patria, who was only a religious agitator, occupying the same position in the Punjab as Dr Clifford does in England.