Mr. Montagu must feel that he has achieved his declared
purpose of disturbing the "pathetic contentment" of India, for the news is unusually serious. Lord Reading has been compelled to abandon the ridiculous policy of tolerating open sedition. The Hindu and Moslem " non-co-operators" have organized gangs of " volunteers " to terrorize peaceful citizens into abstaining from work, or, as at Allahabad on Monday, into keeping away from the Prince of Wales's procession. The " volunteer " organization has now been proclaimed as illegal, and a number of the ring- leaders have been arrested, including C. R. Das, the Bengali president of the so-called National Congress. Mr. Gandhi continues to advocate the enrolment of " volunteers," but he, it would seem, is immune from prosecution. Mr. Montagu has sown the wind and is reaping the whirlwind.
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