New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-01
TO UPLIFT HINDOO WIDOWS.
VISIT OF A NATIVE MISSIONARY WHO IS
SEEKING AID FOR THE CAUSE

VISIT OF A NATIVE MISSIONARY. WHO IS
SEEKING AID FOR THE CAUSE.
Zemindar F. B. PandIan Hndoo nobleman
large OF stature and swarthy OF countenance
reached this city the steamer Rotterdam. from
Rotterdam. He Is making a Of the world. iect-
uring In the large cities upon his native land. Tho
proceeds he devotes TO furtherng the work OF
native missionaries in I;Sll who are laboring to
upift the parah caste and to free the widows from
the state OF perpetual bondage In which they exist
To a Tribune reporter who called him last
night at the Broadway Central Hotel the Zemlndar
gave some interesting details OF Indian life
and views He Is a Christian himself and a
member Of the Protestant Episcopal Church. but
more strictly speaking Is evangelist. caring
with what Protestant sect in the Christian Church
the converts whom he makes may ally themselves.
He says the greatest obstacle ne meets with IN the
propagation OF Christianity is the bitterness and
bgotry OF the sects II is hard. he says. TO make
an educated Hindoo forsake the faith OF his fathers
and adopt new faith whose followers unable
to decide exactly what It's and principles
In the Zemindar himself Christian sectariapsm
awakens only wonder He attributes /, TO sheer ig-
norance Of the Bible. which he says is THE best
Book In the world"
Being asked express opinion the In
fallibity Of the Bible. he automatically repeated
the phrase 1T is the best book in the world"
and would say no more
Regarding Kiplings Indian stories. the Zemfn-
dar decla red that they widely read among the
educated classes of his countrymen. by whom they
considered true pictures OF the outward life OF
India: but he maintained that the gifted author
did not always catch the real motives which re-
suited in these manifestations OF Indian char
acrer, which he so graphically pictured.
Being asked II he shared Kiplings view that
England only training the Indian up in civil
lied ways 10 her loss and confusion because
the native would dav demand Independence
for India. the Zemindar declared mat India was In
way NJ for independence yet. There were too
many castles he said. for any peaceful solution OF
TIE question which caste should rule the land In
of independence. Bloodshed and strife would
PROSTATE the land again. should English control
be thrown of.
Generations must grow up and pass away be-
fore the OF caste could be removed from the
land. His lifework In directed specially toward
combating the heavy burden which caste places
on the shoulders OF the nine million parahs who
inhabit Lower India. These wretched people.
slaves and outcasts for generations have all the
rights OF people accorded them by the let
ter OF the English law, but they are too much
broken down in spirit and intellect 10 appreciate
or assert their rights in face OF the tacit under
standing which exists among all the other natives
to keep them in their place" in spite OF the law.
The pariah can only be elevated by teaching him
10 assert himself. and 10 this end the Zemindar
IL exerting himself. with other native mission
aries.