10 DECEMBER 1921, Page 3

The Indian Government are at last beginning to act resolutely

towards the dangerous agitators who, thanks to Mr. Montagu, have hitherto enjoyed immunity. Lela Lajpat Rai, the notorious Sikh who was sent to gaol in 1907 for sedition and who is one of Mr. Gandhi's chief associates, was arrested on Saturday last for holding meetings with intent to provoke unrest. On Monday,• another Sikh agitator, Gurdit Singh, was caught and lodged in prison. He was concerned in the affray with a party of Sikh emigrants at Calcutta in 1914 and, according to Mr. Justice` Rowlatt's Committee, he was one of the ringleaders in the Punjab disturbances in 1916. Such men ought not to' be at large in these difficult days.