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Show DANGER SB I SEEN IN INDIA) Lord Northcliff Declares Situation Is Uglier Than First Appears. t BOMBAY. Jan. 25. (By the As- sociated Press.) L.ord Northcliff-. British newspaper publisher, gave Router's Friday an analysis of the il-untlon il-untlon In India, after an examination lasting 10 clays. "Returning to India after 2Z years absence," he said, "I am shocked :it the change of demeanor and act I ward the whites by both Hindus and .Mohammedans, espCi I illy those of them who formerly were most friendly. friend-ly. For the first time in Indian history, his-tory, they are acting In close combination." combi-nation." He said one distinguished royal Mohammedan Mo-hammedan judge told him the most dangerous sign was that women were becoming infected with anti-British poison. Noting the large number of. Indians wearing white caps, denoting; their adherence to the principles of M K Gandhi, tho noncooperatlonist leader, he said The loyal Mohammedans dema: d the instant arrest of Gandhi. Baying this would prevent extremist outbreaks. out-breaks. But pe.iL. can not be is-sured is-sured until the Moslem question In adjusted. The Modems bitterly iv-sent iv-sent our attitude, after having caused Moslem to fight Moslem In Mesopotamia. Mesopo-tamia. The recent loan to Greece Is especially' resented." DEM 1NDS EXPL VIXED He explained the demands of the moderate Moslems substantially as fol-i lows: "All Moslem countries Intensely relent re-lent the British poli'-y regarding Turkey, Tur-key, They feel most deeply the slight they considei hos been put on th Caliphate1 Moderate Moslems told him. Lord Northcllffe said, that I) the following program were instantly carried out it would heal wnundc J : sentiments and restore peace and tranquility tran-quility in India. The British should again recognize1 ihe sultan as the head of Islam and I iho warden of the holy palaces all Mecca, Medina nhd Bagdad, and grin access to them by all Moslems. Adrlanople should be returned to Turkey. The w hole of Asia Minor should i be handed over to Turkey not excepting except-ing Smyrna for the Turks regard A Minor as their homeland and thcyj resent the splitting up of the land jf their birth. OBJE4 TIOXS WsW I R l "The moderate Mohammedan," h-"1 continued, "admits that two objectio is could be raised against this scheme but both can, according to them, oe discounted The first is that as L. dud is under British rulo It ii Incompatible In-compatible to grant the BUltan any Influence there; but tho Mohammedans Mohammed-ans say that his tvardehshlp would be purely nominal and would cMctnJ scarcely a quarter of a mile. "Tim .second objection Is that greater Armenia lies within that portion por-tion of Asls which the Turks regarded regard-ed particularly and hereditarily as their own. and we can not allow the Armenians to fall again under Turkish Turk-ish rule. SAFETY OF VR3IEN1 NV "Tho moderate Mohammedans ad-i vance two solutions to tlv last ob-Jection, ob-Jection, The first and easiest would be to create an Armenian independent State with a liritlsh resident to protect pro-tect It. The second solution. I gather, is to invite the Armenians to leave what the Moslems call the Ihipovi r-Ithed r-Ithed country and migrate BOUthws around the Gulf of Alexandi :t .. where they would be protected front the north and west by the Taurus mountains and we could protect them from the .-ra " In concluding. Lord Northcllffe said : "I express no opinions, but the Moslem Mos-lem situation Is much up Lor than the home press appears to know." |