The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-13

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. ,amlne, tn. poor psopl, possessed nothing with
TO cary the grain 70 the doors u the hungry people.
hut tho" had not ihr PENNIES In their packets to pur:
chase tnat gam. II had been said that the rate of
increase 81 the population 81 India had been 80 rapid
that no Government could iced them and that India
was bound To grow poorer lie would point out that
thr population of India England had lnctrase d enor-
m0uSy during the Nane period but She had not grown
poorer GA the contrary, she had grown Tar richer.
=, I teSsuS ys,nsr i ,n'I y n, man T. Gm n I, wa. si1S;
in Turkey, $50; in India. 81
mw,S no., The cScys, Of III, population; hut ,he pcy.
cause II the deStituiion In India. -.
MIR. Wilinm Digby wtitcs:
The real cause. Of the frequent and destructive
anime in India. / am only TOO sure. Is the unnatural
economic system Of government Deliberate spolis-
ton, %rulhlr,sly carried out could scarcely he more
G nor, ,nfysri ins' ! M I,' s, '"ias S Sn, ,G' eoS, ' imr.d nr ' sTss'
that fninlnrs In lndin are pfevrntahlc, second. that
tho economic drain from the resources Of India Is tho
cAusc Of INC poverty. of which famtnes are an outward
and visible sign, third, that our system NJ ruling II
economically Vicious and mu,, he accompanied by The
aWiiI consequences with which w. have become
familiar aud with which We are beginning 70 accuStom
,niS IErs, as un"nv rni mar y = m meon,o DC a., fS rnrE arc az
In the United Kingdom must be In a chronic state Of
I I'HIS 2ti9 30 s sn,s, 'S sn n,r ,hsI no fy Win ye, lied interests ws
that | despair ~ Il remedy until "A catastrophe, Tar
beyond anything yet realized BY the most miserable
Believing all this with my " hole nature: %remember:
Ing that my belief Is founded wholly upon omGs,
during thirty years. am tempted 10 ask myself
WHITTIER there 5 any duty before our countIyme1 so
important as that OF tndcavOring 10 see Justice done
to Il people whom We. by our acts, have brought into
the dl,tr'sS'ul condition Of the majority OF the people
Of India.
Bui what are the words Of all the earnest cham.
p,3ns OF India 10 The siteady ,reuIely ln',snsnsa
tower, urge that all is well, while under their eyes
bleeding" is taking place, which they will not heedf
Hear the voice Of DR., Clark. NJ p: 81,
The British Government Is responsible for the con.
fillnp Of things In 1ntIl. The UTttiSh GDyfTnmenv
has allowed the Indian Government, T. spend the
famine iS.i e i1nd nfnST, ' ,d PsT p. s,, Snd INA, Ss,'. e. dome Imn mai
The poverty OF India, like tina, Of Ireland and other
parts OF England. was caused because they had .
system OF rack renting the peasants Years ago hs
went through a famine IN India with Mr Disey ana
| although al thai time there were Thousands OF bagsof
grain al Madras, India was, a very poor country Wild
a very expensive system Of government. and this
kept the standard Of comforts 80 low that between,
comfort and d%ts'i,utlon theI" VI sonlya very thin wall
indeed. lie dill not think the famine due 10 over popu-
aud anime was limited 10 certain places J. was
scandal TO THIS country maj mere shonId ever oes
single death from famine In india.
Here Is The conclusion of Mr.. Martin Wood.
late editor OF the Tunes OF India:
India has every claim for substantial assistance
from imperial sources. not only on account OF midas
need. but on the ground OF political equity, on inc
list Of home charges against India the largest sum
this year u IS, OOO,Oo0 The whole Of this money
was disbursed IN this country. England deIi yed ths
Nv IFH VI W W. " " n iva u hi'h hih' ""s sV''N
II ever went back. That amount might very Justly
be returned TO India as a grant from the British ex-
cheQurr.
The testimony Of these witnesses as 10 the
responsibility OF British government for ths
poverty Of the Indian people has already taken
50. much Of your space that no opportunlty Is
left TO present any pictures OF the progressive
destruction OF the mechanical Industries OF
India under the relentless application OF the
same intolerance Of anything but agricultural
industry in subject nations aud colonies, which
has characterized the history Of Great Britain
throughout an intolerance which caused the
suppression. before the American Revolution.
Of the infant industry OF hammered iron nails
from native ores al Boonton, y
To the patriotic fires which burned within the
bosoms Of our forefathers; TO the bleeding,
shoeless feet OF Washington : hungry soldiers at
Valley Forge, and 70 those oak-hearted patriots
whose ashes have long c9mmingIed with me
pledged their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor to the cause OF American political
and industrial independence, do we, of to-day
owe our dellverance from that, unhappy fate
which then. alike for us and the, hapless peonle
Of India. was being moulded by the British
has descended the priceless leeacv Of American
freedom and American. opportunity; TO thep
and their children for four generations there
has been the misery, the suppression and the
narrowing environment Of a merciless imperial
exploitation, unparalleled In any other portion
We did not forget the perishing millions OF
Ireland. victims OF Britain's frightful misrule;
we have always needed the cry of the famished
millions OF lnd1a, ana we snal reHleinDrI hhu
minister TO them again in this the time OF their
greatest distress; yet. while we joyfully open
our purses to the perishing, and to the un-
counted orphans who vet survive, let MS keep
our eyes wide open 10 what we have ourselves
escaped. and lend a willing ear TO the feebls
voice Of lndian. nationality which mP""eyen
now, he heard distantly floating across me In
dian Sea to our own Philippines, now bearing
aloft the beacon flag Of liberty, and awakening
| n rutterinc hone in the hearts Of peoples long
| crushed under the despotisms Of centuries
GEORGE W. DITHBiDoR.
| NEW YORK, Nav 2.