10 MAY 1919, Page 22

The Indo-British Association has issued a pamphlet on The Political

Situation in India, which deals in a highly instructive way with " the defection of the Moderates," to whom the Montagu-Chelmsford Report was supposed to appeal. We now find the " Moderates " repudiating their moderation and follow- ing in the wake of the extreme revolutionary faction. Instead of trying to lead their followers back to peaceful methods, the " Moderates " denounce the Government for the measures taken to maintain order. The pamphlet deserves reading.