25 FEBRUARY 1922, Page 2

India- has been somewhat quieter during the past week, owing

to Mr. Gandhi's belated discovery that "civil disobedience" would lead to bloodshed. There have, however, been serious riots—promoted by non-co-operators—in Assam and in the Madura district of Madras, and a political strike is spreading on the East Indian Railways, east of Benares. It is. a sign of the times that the Prince of Wales cancelled - his proposed visit to Aligarh, where he was to receive an honorary degree at the Moslem University.