CALCUTTA RIOTS

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1788, 29 July 1926, Page 6

CALCUTTA RIOTS

The rioting in Calcutta recently has been of a serious nature and the police have had to use their rifles in dispersing the rival mobs. Hindus and Mohammedans have caused th© troubles, and there seems to be no likelihood of the rival factions in India remaining ait peace for very long and were British control AvithdraAvn there would be frightful scene’s in some of the cities Avhere' feeling ‘runs high. The SAvaraj movement in India has been much less in evidence recently, and there appears to he a better feeling towards Britain than there' was some months ago, though reports from Persia and Central Asia have stated that Soviet influence is groAving in Asia and affecting India. Maybe that the strong resistance to Bolshevism which China is making is having a good effect upon India. The Soviet, with its antireligious declarations, Avould not appeal strongly to th© ancient castes of India, Avhere religious beliefs are very strong and are dominant factors in life. Buddhist, Hfindu, Parsee, and Mohammedan are faithful to the beliefs in which! they have been brought up and Bolshevik activities'are unlikely to overcome the strong caste divisions and effect the unity Avhich Avould be required to bring about a great revolt against the “hated British.” The riots in Calcutta are serious in themselves, but they have 'jo important significance.