The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-06-22
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which British civilization IS the cause;
for when England became master Of
the soil she put down the ncessant
wars and internal rebeIlions, repressed
foreign raids, improved the sanitary
condition, exterminated the tigers and
reptiIes-au Of which had put a check
upon the undue multiplication Of that
people. Because Of these salutary
steps England has interferred with the
laws Of nature by closing the safety
valve Of war, Of pestilenee, Of animal
destructiOn-the means, in short, pro
vided by nature for the exhaustion Of
a too rapidly growing population This
is the cause, and not an unusual crop
failure, Of the famine in India
The above paragraph is a paraphTase
Of a lengthy editorial which appeared
recently in the Kansas City Journal,
an exponent Of republicanism- If that
is all for which England stands respOn-
sibIe, as TO the terrible condition Of
India, she ought to go scott free Of
criticism and be graced with the plaud-
its Of the world. Seldom is it that a
large daily paper which assumes the
prerOgative Of moulding public opinion,
shoots so far amiss as TO pOIlute per
haps the most lofty subject Of the
minds contemplatiOn-that Of man
) by viewing it as a problem mean and
low. England has had the welfare Of
the people Of India at heart only 50
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teriaI interests, but even to that extent
is not a reign Of peace superior to war;
a healthfuI sanitary condition removed
from the filth in which Iurk the germs
Of divers plaques; the destruction Of
wild beasts and reptiles which prey
upon the human kind, benign?
The trouble is here. The civilization
which Great Britain gives to her con
quered people, such as the Hindoos, Is
a commercial and not a moral one.
British India is the richest and most
important dependency ever possessed
by any nation The maritime com
meree is chiefly with Great Britain,
and is controlled by British merchants.
England controls India for what she
can get from her, and as long as this
system of putting the dollar above the
human soul continues, just so long
viii it bad for the human race. Every
conscientious citizen must admit that
the course Of Great Britain toward the
Beers at the present time is a war for
gain only; and not unlike this is the
administrative policy of this country
toward the FilipinOs. Imperialism In
this sense is pernicious.
The grave objection which can be
urged against imperialistie civilization
is that the whole aim is toward a ma
teriaI and commercial and not toward
a moral end. Owing to the fact that
the mortality Of the inhabitants Of
India caused by the agencies Of ex-
termination was so very great before
English rule obtained there, the Hin
docs naturally increased at a prOdig-
iOus rate to preserve themselves from
determination; but when this means Of
depletion was checked there was not a
corresponding decrease in the multi
plieation of the people. Hence it is
that to-day India is the most populOus
country in the world, the last census
showing a population Of 100000
Great Britain, in not educating the
HindOO mind to the moral necessity Of
restricting the growth Of the popula-
ton to the capabilities Of the country
to feed them, is guilty Of culpsbIe
neglect.
But especially does the statement
that a too rapidly growing population
is designed to be kept down by the
ravages Of war, of ferOciOus beasts, Of
restilenee, shock the moral sense Of
those who conceive extraordinary
hopes Of man. Hear what Shakespeare /
says Of his kind: aWhat a piece Of
work is man! how infinite in faculty!
in form and moving how express and
admirablel in action how like an angel! /
in apprehension how like a god! the
beauty Of the world! the paragon Of
animalsIn The sentiment Of 8th Psalm |
is no less beautiful: Thou has made
him little lower than the angels liter |
ally, God, and hast crowned him with !
glory and honor. Thou madest him to /
have dominion over the works of Thy
hands; Thou hast put all things under
his feet And yet this being OF es-
pecial promise an intended victim Of /
war, Of Pestilence, Of savage beasts?
Since the growth Of mankind has al /
ways been subject, more or less, to pos
tive checks such as plaques, pestiIence,
vice, crime and war, a preventative I
cheek should also be employed, which 1
keeps down the population by prevent
ing the birth Of an undue number Of i
children rs. prudence in eontracti1o-