OMINOUS DAYS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 October 1924, Page 5

OMINOUS DAYS.

+ REVOLUTIONARIES IN INDIA. “A GRAVE PERIL. ” ' LONDON, Oc-t. 2. Under tlio heading, “Red Conspiracy in Bengal,” and the sub-heading, “A Grave Peril,” the special correspondent of The Times seilds a long dispatch from Calcutta, to which the Times gives prominence in a foremost position. The correspondent, declares in the message that there is good reason for stating that, neither the general body of European opinion nor Indian opinion appreciates the danger in which Bengal, and perhaps all India, may find itself' shortly. It. is known, he says, that the Bengal revolutionaries are not confining their activities to Begal, and they are no longer badly supplied with funds. The ■ correspondent gives details of the terrorist campaign, which includes assassinations. Firearms are ‘ more easily obtained than formerly, from Germany and Russia, by smugglers. Recruitment by revolutionary organisations in Begal is proceeding apace, and the police have obtained and verified a vast amount of information, proving that a revolutionary conspiracy is afoot. The laws empowering the police to deal with subversive literature, have been repealed, and the authorities are powerless to check its flow. The situation is ominous, and the time is ripe for drastic counter-action to meet this most serious menace.