The Indian Riots Violent rioting, the confidently predicted sequel to
Mr. Gandhi's make-believe policy of civil disobedience, has spread to many parts of India. The Viceroy has responded by tightening the reins of authority, bit without doing anything to forfeit for the Government its calm and confident balance. The riots in Calcutta which we briefly recorded last week caused about fifty casualties, including fifteen police and eleven firemen. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times says that the police there have been under a constant strain, as their numbers have always been kept low through the economical policy of the Legislative Council. He tells us that the police officers cannot risk the swift wastage of men involved in con- tinuous hand-to-hand conflicts. In face of such a statement of facts it is impossible to deny that the use of troops is justified, though we trust that wherever troops have to be used there will be careful co-operation with the civil authorities. * * *
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