Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-03-09

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Al recees meeting held in Naaches-
ter, the capital IT the Ing.l,h GOTTA
spinsisg asd cslico ~esvinx district. for
the purpose Ut Considering the saessi, n
OF BRUSH fsdia. iis famine.. AMI the
preveniisa e them,- Mr.. Ina Brish;
msse . pOxerfai speech, seossdiag n
i.c,s - sell - N cog se,tioos ssa ssgg-
nents. which throa mach lighe upsa .
v,ry q flcslt sG,l-Ct- There ~ere p<s,s.
is 2S0.vv0. go MN. vom-E asd ehfisirez
h IDdia sai.J-cteS. ., Qssez NIctalA
ErIt4sh donizatboa THERE h--gaa hgi.e
s4ure than . eeaisry az, bE NJ AIS . hach
h@se b-cs instruapestsl. he tesrczi. D.
sEIltsn, up s@a-t sll srest eEap1r-s
~ snsbstls.s, eIlaEe ssd co191e>,- A
E-syG .HiIoa AL 10 zoe slxth Of IEe ~hss<
EaPsi.sSoa al the glssl.- GO. rS~ h<sa n
.zegucts0n BY . hssdfal Sl EaxiisAE1eE
s.sexra up ~ - srny ss sals~ss brIts-A
tFs %. Asd . reses1e ~ any a.lil8oos
s;ei ing. gathered frsa thee Tesyie IN
tie sac Il tsxe.. sIih . l4Fgs sR@ fro1a
Tax ofas2 @enopoay, w.s szsE.4iy En-
gxs8cd n tina lsalA- Tls~ a2rxss Ease
=. vosce IN tse naaaes@~sf e fh<sr oss
sEaIrs. are B<ver os-sslses spa .sy
za;teT eannccsed sith the g0seEnms 1T
Il tbelr es@s,ry. Hs sPsasO@ -.s Tia;
lsdlA should he dlwlacd INTO fSsr - Tvs
-ePsr2ts Presideneies. wholly iraePsnsesi
q each osber. snd that the RstIve. sAsoGia
he Gradually trained TO govern 'hem-eises
a contingency, he sGgsestrSa, ~hsch
oagnt TO be tAksa into sccVanf. Aod whsrh
mIght occur sooner than wss sxpectcd.
for isnines ~rts frequsnt 10 Inais- In
is3.-5c there Nas one which affected
300 QUO persons. $500 900 intensely,
aud ~ith las of life Ia 500 90. In l,e0
81 there Gas another famIse, affecting
thirteen millions VI people and destroy
ing over = million. In 1860 another
visitation ii this sort occurred Ia the Rshj-
pootsnA and surrounding districts, an
area of one hundred Thousand squaTe
miles, and the government admitted that
1850, 900 persons had persisted of hunger
la that famine. OF these terrible In
stances Engla land had heard little at the
time, except by odd paragraphs, now and
then, from Indian papers. In the present
year it was known that over SOC, 900 per-
sons had died from like cause, and this
did not represent the entire mortality.
Accompanying these famines was the loss
of cattle, terrible in an agricultural coun-
try, the loss of produce, and the loss of
revenue. But the loss of human life,
over 5000, 900 in the last ten years, was
the greatest evil of all. Was there pos
sible repedy2 The famine as declared
to arise from drought. There was soil,
there was sun, there was rain but the
rain did not always come when it was
needed. Soil, sun, water, and human la
Dor would produce rich harvests through
out India. Irrigation must be employed
to supply the occasional want of water.
and this had been used in ancient times
in most Oriental lasds, and it would be
humane as we'll as prudent to expend for
this purpose twenty five Or thirty millions
sterling within the next few years. In
this manner England might endeavor to
make amends for the original crimes upon
which much of her power in India had
been founded, and for many errors OF
judgment made by governing persons
whose intentions were probably good.
Mr.. Bright's speech has excited an un-
usual denomination of feeling through
out England.-7Ns Prsss.