The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-05-17
ENGLAND'S CRIME.
SHE ALLOWS MILLIONS OF HER
SUBJECTS TO sTARvE,
while she spcnds the Money Tint
wouId Save Them In Destroying
the Beers in south Africa.


wouId Save Them In Destroying
the Beers in south Africa.
In view of England's course In allow
ing millions OF her subjects to starve
while she is carrying on war OF
criminal aggression" the religious
people of the world should send In
protest that would compel her to listen
The Christian Herald makes an impas-
stoned appeal for aid to save lndia
starving millions. II gives horrible
pictures. showing the effects OF the
starvation, and says: Two cents day
will support one life; one dollar VIII
save a life for two months; two dol
lars will save life until harvest; ten
dollars will save a whole family from
death; fifty dollars would save nVe
families; one hundred dollars wouiu
save small community
The Philadelphia North American,
ever ready to see the wrongs and in
consistencies in such matters, very per-
tinently says:
God forbid that we should do any
thing to check for one instant the flow
"A
tured people betrayed in their des-
perate need by their rightful protect
ors. But il is impossible to read this
appeal without rejecting on the re-
sponsibilities of those who nave maue
II necessary.
India is a part of the British en-
pre. The British government is spend
ing $500, ,000, 900 to subJugate a llttle
group of farmers just outside OF lts
dominions while its own subjects are
dying by millions for lack OF the as
sistance which 1t Is amply able TO 1ur-
nish Turing The Christian Herald 5
table into another shape. we may say
1.-TWO rifle cartridges day VIII sup
port one life.
"One six FOUNDER shell will save
life for two months.
"One twelve FOUNDER she'll will save
life until harvest.
zone pair of cavalry boots Will save
man, wife and child until the next
crop is gathered.
zone minutes discharge of Maxim
gun would save whole family from
death.
"The cost of the war for one second
will save ten lives for four months.
1.-TWO rifles will save them and al
ford them the comfort of blankets
during the rainy and cold season.
"The cost of firing one shot from a
six inch gun would save five families.
zone scrub baggage train horse
would save a small community.
"One-fifth of the cost of attempting
to conquer the Beers would save the
entire fifty millions of England's starv-
| ing subjects in India.
"The rescue of these lives is simply
matter of money. There is food
| enough in India. All that is necessary
is the means of buying 1t. The cable
| operates quickly says The Christian
! Herald, and your contribution today
may save scores, hundreds, yes, thou
sands of lives tomorrow The cable
would operate just as quickly at the
| command of the British government as
ait that of benevolent Americans. IL
it be true that every one Of us who
contributes two dollars saves the life
of some wretched Hindoo who would
die but for that succor, then every hui
man being in India who perishes for
lack of such assistance Is murdered
| by the government that is abundantly
able to supply 1t, but prefers to devote
the price of ten Hindoo lives per Sec
ond to the extinction of republicanism
| in South Africa. That is the price
that staggers humanity"