The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-06-29


in England Brii iitish clyll offtlcsrs living
Ill India d draw on Sd lary account 81 76,
900, and theirs ~ d X in every ofaleial
post. by which a a dishonest s man can l
squeeze double the amount of his salary.
The cost of the army is $29, 900 900 per "A an
mum. .3 @ II n; /. u .;s,,s ,,s
er than in our glorious country The tax- ;!s,
at iion. Oh land values was fixed by the IN
famous Warren Hastings in I7772, and re
mains IL force today. It Is so insquftous
that Is dmund Burke, speaking at the trial
Eof stIastings. said that the land taxsaione
would su1fics to send Hastings to the low
est depths OF hell. II II
ss55 The munic cipal revenues are derived II! e!a
frou1 taxes on AGRICULTURAL products, lands,
vehicles rnd nnimals. tWithstantdiEing q 4
high taxation, the country would h0urash 2
HE the 4puople were assured Of freedom froin
the swindles ana robberies OF the Brltlssn CEs
Office holders who go to the country nj ! Ior
the ayowed purpose Of making N nVe
years enough money to keep them III Idle DIE
ness III London or Paris tor the REMAINDER
Of their lives.
I rhe country is rich in coal and iron. yet yet
1T is an every day sight to see cars iaoen
With English coal and iron Nahirling past
districts abounding in the finest metal ana q
mineral deposits in the world. Englaaahaea aaae
is opposed to- the development OF manu-
featuring Ia her colonies. and especllasllyHih u
India. which she wants kept as q, Iar1nlEs
country for Ryots. In all India there oniy
$4,000 miles Of railroads.; one-thlfn peins
military roads Of no use for merchahullse l'a aus
traffic, !.
Etlucatic,. Of the people is halnpered by
3,,Is +flG
ground OF no available funds Accord
ing to government reports OF the Educa-
ton Bureau. only nine boys and one girlia ~
wrr,,an living in toWs and cities governed
by HE English for $50 years, cannot read
nr write. Only one daily newspaper
nrints more than 1890 copies; only one
weekly newspaper eirculates more than
10000 copies. ~ ,
The average amount Of real and per
sonal nroperty per capita is $8.14, IN the
United States it is $66947. -.
IrreIigious, drunkenness ana cplun1
habits are encouraged by the govern
nent for the sake of revenues. The cut
tiyation of the poppy from which oplum
IS made is restricted to Bengal the NORTH
west provinces and Oudh; the product
Is bought at low prices, fixed by Victor
ia,s oyerseers; it is then manufactured ~
government factories, marked with the
lion and Unicorn. and the motto "Ev1i
to him who evil thinks" and sent to Cal
c,1tta; whence 1t is shipped TO al mar mar
kets OF the world, to aebase millions OF
men and women, and TO drive thousanaass as
to the commission Of murders and felon-
io1s assaults. China, the barbarous na-
ticn. once shut her doors against Chris
tian England's opium traffic.
She said. poor old China, that opium
was a thing accursed, for it turned men
from industry to idleness, and from y1r-
tue, to vice. Then John Bull appointedsa "a
commission to investigates the opium
traffic: the commissioners knew nothing
about opium; but they we're taken III tow
by noliticians, wined and dined, and to
crown their Joy were taken to Scotland,
where for their entertainment the queen
threw a sixpence into a cairn to be
scrambled fol. by the Draw Highlanders,
who from that day to this have spent
most of their time trying to find it. After
the Journey good report was made,
showing that opium was a better friend
Of ,sbinamen than 1noorsh}ne whiskey
is, ofsa Georgia colonel. war. was de-
ujRred; China's forts were taken and
opium was forced upon her at the DEF
onet point. @
since then the bones Of the Indians
and the Chinese, who have dteo or opium,
E5f collected and formed into monument
would make. q structure IN the form or g.
pyramid, 1000 feet square at the, base,
and rising hundreds Of feet higher than
the tallest tower Of Windsor Castle.
What q memorial Of the glories of the
Victorian age that pyramid would be!
/ The attitude of Victoria and her sat
raps toward religion in India, is very like
the opinion of the farmer In Maine, who
said, .I am in favor Of the law Tor the
prohibition ofsthe making and selling OF
Intoxicating beverages, but am opposed
ITO the application and enforcement OF
the law The Queen, as the head OF the
Church of England, and the Church OF
Scotland (Presbyterian) is both an
Eniscopalian and a Presbyterian, being
az Jealous for thh xxx. articles when
in ENGLAND, as she is conscientiously
against them when Id Scotland. It is
Her bounden duty to divide India intotwo
portions. one for the mission field Of the
5Archbishops OF York and Canterbury,
the other for the synod OF the Church
of Scotland This plan would accomplish
the purpose Of showing that Great Brit
ain makes her state religious, like Bass
ale. suitable sor domestic and foreign
use. But so far Queen Victoria has turned
her back on the Two religions which she
processes, and allows the people OF India
to bow down IN their blindness to the
ten orators Of Vishnu, the Hindu trirn-
urti, Brahma. Vishnu and SILVA, Mum I
bc-J JuIn boisrn snake and devil worship.
5a After two centuries OF English rule,
the people who profess theselves Chris
stians are little more than 4 per cent OF
the population; the number being as fol-
lows: rs52 t;53,ss5 s#&s53 ~ 5.5s
/ yf,atr,olies !. !. !. !. ,eess55. eess55 .00e,
sChurchso England 49,. 9 Z 4 zzy5, ,Oll0 ,Oll0
:Presbyterians 2sD6 wv IVY
;Other sectB .ztlts sSlpp
t Ys f s 81 Sl3g3$$
Total =, 400 uU0
I The number Of professional assassins,
Epoisoners, burglars and pagan priests
soutnumbers the Christian population by
5676,S75. rs
Mohammedfsm, a form Of irreligion
which degrades women lower tllan dogs
and glorifes the Vilest passions Of men,,
is aided in every possible way by the
government, because Its fanatical belieV-
iers make the best sol Tiers I'M the army
that oppresses the people !. aTrhere are
many ehaptefs In the history pf Eng
lands destruction ofs Ind Ia that make
the blood Of good Fpnlen and men run
cold; yet the half of the tines eozn-i
n1itted in that t1nhapp land by the long
lire of freeboota Wearin the qsleehs