CAUSES OF THE TROUBLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13485, 11 May 1907, Page 5

CAUSES OF THE TROUBLE.

' THE ADVERTISING LAWYERS. Melbourne, May 10. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir David Masson, » member of the Punjaub Legislative Council, ' has arrived in Melbourne on a visit. In an interview yesterday regarding the disturbances at Ruwal I'indi and Lahore, lie said that for years past the Government has been ■ ' in the habit of rewarding the bent educated "x'l Indians with office of some sort. This practice had caused every educated Indian to be- ,/ come an office-seeker, and they were always pestering people of influence to use influence on their behalf, and those who fail to get/ office start agitations.. - ' _ ' ;v \ Another cause of the disturbances are tlio ' ."is| methods, of self-advertisement adopted by ' ; % the native pleaders. The average Indian i« , never happier than when deep in a lawsuit, ' and. pleaders always seeking to'advwlifce - • themselves. If they can find a grievance of some sort they hurry out and harangue the •! mob. -'' f ' - • " A particular grievance' seized on by the ( " pleaders in the Punjaitb is one arising out of a Bill we passed last session. We have an enormous number of irrigation canals there, and in a Canal Colony Bill/which re-arranged the allotment of land oil these canals, things had to be done that caused some discontent,. ; The pleaders seeing an excellent opportunity ' to boom themselves, have taken this as their - - text, • and endeavoured to inflame ' the • people." '* - > .