The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1914. UNREST IN INDIA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1914. UNREST IN INDIA.

A good deal of discussion is going on just now in tlio leading English papers regarding what is termed “the Indian peril.” it is certainly very true that the Government was possibly never before faced with a more difficult problem than that of allaying the unrest in India, and successfully putting down the sedition which becomes more -menacing as time advances. It has been well said that indi, by the admission of those who know it best, is changing so vapidly that men who have been a few years away from the scene scarcely know it when they return. There can be no safety in such circumstances for any Government which is not flexible, vouthful, and hopeful. The task is immensely complicated, but also of fascinating interest. The old formulas which applied to the period of conquest and settlement will not serve for the period of development under modern conditions. Benevolent autocrats ruling over children

'must give wtv, to sympathetic guardians who will take tin' growing sons into partnership. Quito recently at !a meeting of the Indian National Congress, at which, the fate of Indians in South much discussed, the new friendship between Hindus and Mussulmans was also referred to. One speaker made an elo. quont appeal to Hindus to grasp the ' hand extended to them by the Mussul mams, declaring that the time wat riper now for a clear understanding between the communities than it had I been for years past. Another declared his belief that the political future of the country depended upon harmonious working between the vari mis communities, and said that tin Moghul Emperors saw a vision of a--tnited India. They ought to realise iit under the aegis of British rule. IHo appealed to all to let the misuu'dorstandings of the past be forgotten. Possibly tins tolerance may make the way smoother, but it will not easily be accepted by the Indian people with their varied customs and many different religions.