Washington sentinel., 1900-07-28
rur cu1er ar The blight
ing influence
~ IALlSW W. of Colonial

icalIY depicted recently in Rey
nolds new spaper, London, Eng
land. and by an EngIshman. N
M. Hyndman, in the New Yorl
| TONyKak. The callous course o
the British Government make
the Englishmen blush for shame
In India today there are 90, 200, ,oo'
people starving. But even the
famine horrors are fading before
the worse horrors OF cholera. New
patients are daily placed face tc
face with dead men. Animals de-
your the dead bodies, and have
been seen with the limbs OF little
children in their mouths. The
water is impregnated with the car
casses and its stencil is almost in
tolersble. as It realized" says
Reynolds "that for all this horrible
hell in India we are directly re-
sponsible1"
And Mr.. H"ndman says: "Noth-
ing that the Romans ever did at
the height OF their power, no in
justice which the Spaniards ever
inflicted on Mexico and South
America, was so horrible in its con-
sequences to the subject popula-
tions as that which we English are
doing in British India today" And
both writers proceed to prove their
statements. There are 40, 900
broken down reservoirs in the Dec
can alone from native times, which
were used for the purpose Of stor-
ing water for irrigation and
drought. Salt, a necessary OF life
for man and beast, is taxed 1000
per cent. The lane drevenue, though
the rupee is only worth 20 cents is
being exacted at the rate of a8
cents. The fallow land is taxed at
the same rate as the TILED land. If
a native sinks a we'll he has to pay
the Government IL rupees a year
for his Improvement. One hun.
dred millions per year are sent to
enrich a few families in England
without any commercial return
But India is bled from within as
well as from without. Out Of
$4,000 officials in British India,
who receive more than ], 900 rupees
year, a8, 900 are Englishmen, and
only 1900 are natives. These
$4,000 Enlishmen get SIS. ooo, 900
per year. while the 1900 natives
receive only $4,000, 900. OF the
99o civil servants, who are the real
rulers of India, only 60 are natives.
AS a consequence, says Mr.. HYnd-
man, "Iamine, plague, pestilence,
wholesale mortality nj human be.
ings and their cattle-such is the
outcome Of British rule in India for
a5o. ooo, 900 of our subjects" He
adds that the leaders OF the present
Government understand the situa-
tion just as we'll as he does, "but
they go on bleeding India to death
because they believe the infamous
system will last their lie time"
And Reynolds speaking OF the
Governments action says: zone
fiftieth pare Of the money being
spent in behalf OF gang OF Anglo
Jewish capitalists in South Africa
would have saved the victims OF
famine in India" But the Gov
eminent, on the recommendation
OF Lord George Hamilton, one Of
family OF loaiers who have lived of
the Irish for generations, refused to
vote one cent Tor famine, stricken
India. "And yet" says Reynolds,
"we profess, in our hypocritical
cant, to hold India as a trust, and
to talk about the mission God has
intrusted to us there" Ahl It
seems they have oyer there in Eng
land, too. canting hypocrites, who
prate about "trusts" and "mis.
sions" while they are benevolentlv
assimllating the unfortunate peo-
Piles under their rule by overtaxa.
tion and neglect.
And yet this is the horrible sYs.
tenn which the present degenerate
Administration would incorporate
into our system OF Government.
What right have these traitors to
attempt it1 Mckinley and his cor
poration hirelIngs did not establish
this Government. II they don't
like it, let them, like Astor and the
horde of un- American women who
have married impoverished and
profligate European lordlings, get
OFT of the country, which they con-
taminate by their presence. The
fathers Of the Republic struck