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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE MONDAY MAY 81 1900
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81 have tried desperately to keep the
kherwara bazaar open to all. but as |
have only G,000 rupees lent me by the
merwar ut Darbar, with which to pur-
chase grain have miscrably failed. ana
hundreds come to me daily for permission
to buy and have to be refused"
Worst In Native states.
From all the commissioners Of the ma
tive states the same cry goes up. There
the distress and suffering is more severe
than in any other part of India, vet the
native states, 10y virtue of the constitu-
ton, are dependent on the British relief
system and are not entitled to share of
government charity, as they pay no taxes
for imperial support.
However, Sir Charles Bernard. head of
the Indian office bureau of revenue, saws
that the British are advancing to these
states loans, wherever feasible, and saws
they will come in for their full share of
the relief sent from the United States.
From those commissioners of native
states who are only able to advise in
stead of ordering the native officials come
most distressing reports as to the condi-
tion of their territories not yet hinted
at in the English newspapers. But
throughout the narrowing documents are
tinged with hopefulness horn of the pluck
that makes the Indian civil servant such
strenuous fighter of famine, plague and
pestilence. One resident of Rajp0otana
reports that the dewan Of Srhoi state,
with Il population of about $4,000. tells
him that only MS persons died of starva-
ton in March. Yet. adds the resident he
has no doubt that there have been many
other deaths as the indirect result of in
sufficient nourishmcnt
IN the course Of CHEEKY report the res
idont ~ Western Rajpoutana expresses
regrets that he is obliged 10 record 1861
deaths IS occurring in the famine camps.
hospitals and pu6rhouSes in the compara-
lively small state Of Alarwar during
March. While another resident supple
mcns this ghastly record of wholesale
mortality Nv rcmarking that at Dhaulera
ont Of 30u0D persons congregated around
the relief works Lilo have died between
Feb. ~ and March -. and this has no
hearing ON the inronds of the plague or
cholera. From the latter cause 81 died
lit Naghpnrc during March
Captain Grant, ON famine duty at Mar
war. reports that the majority of fatali-
ties were not preceded by any acute i'll
ness. Old persons, weak and with mde
ma of the feet. sit at the relief works all
day long, draw their pay, eat full meal
and die during the night. Nothing can be
done for them. They will not go to hos
pital. Cholera is spreading even at the
relief works.
While plague and cholera add to the
evils Of the famine, there are still other
evils frequently mentioned in the dis
patches. These consist chiefly of the
Dacoits, who are raidng what few cattle
are left, and the refugees, who, to quote
the commissioner of Kherwara, are often
from the far distant states. have ahan
donrd their children. "who cannot even
tell us the village whence they came"
They are supported by the already i'm
povcrishcd people 'of khcrwara.
All the foregoing refers to the territory
of India indirectly governed by Great
Britain in what is known as the British
districts. where there are local institu.
tions controlled by the British and where
the famine is supposed to be less virul,nt