Modern Review March 1942

In the following passage in his speech His Excellency the Viceroy paid fitting tribute to the unity the patriotism and the devotion of the Chinese people to their country's cause : A year ago we were honoured by the presence of the Head of China's Examination Yuan 1)r Tai ChTao and from him we learned that vast though the land of China is. [...] On the north and east China is India's shield from land invasion It is true that it was owing to the existence of the cultural background between the Chinese and the Indians that the latter were moved to express deep sympathy with the Chinese from the moment that they began their war of reale. [...] As for the British period the Engliiin historians Kaye and Malleson in their History of the Indian Mutiny tell us of the bravery and great efficiency of the Indian soldiers in the armies of the East India Company fighting mainly under Indian officers. [...] The imposition of the excise duty by the Government was a deo in the right direction but when its good effect was nullified by the price increase the Government should have intervened in view of war emergency which left the gotInumer at the mem of the manufacturer. [...] One Cause of the Communal Riots in Bengal The causes of the Hindu-Muhammadan communal riots are many; but the collier cause in our humble opinion seems to be the undue pampering of the Muhammadans by the authoities and the belief among the general mass of Muhammadans --dram amongst whom the rioters and looters are mostly recruited.