Item 4 - Extract from a letter from Sir George Lloyd to Edwin Montagu

He is alarmed by the situation in India, which he believes has been altered by the events in Bengal. The riots and the reception of the Prince at Bombay had done a lot of good, and Das, in conjunction with the Poona Brahmins, was preparing to oppose Gandhi at the Ahmedabad Congress. But then came the sudden proclamations of the volunteers at Calcutta and the arrest of Das, which has once more united the factions of agitators.