Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-09-05
BRITAIN'S SURPRISE
PLAN TO RELIEVE midas SUR
PLUS POPULATION.
Would Enormously Strengthen the
Empire and Establish Veracity
of karma.

|
! Calcutta letter. What is probobly
| one OF the most important schemes
ever conceived from an empire Great
| inc point of view is now under consid-
| Grafton bv the British cabinet II car
| rted out. the onus OF having conquered
and robbed the starving millions of
| India for mere selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT
will be removed from the shoulders OF
the English race,
The idea is nothing else than the ar
rangement of vast colonization schemes
for the transportation of midas surplus
population to the huge tracts of land
under British rule III Africa and Aus
tralia
The news or this scheme crops out
from a report recently made to the For
eign Office in London in connection
with inquiries by the authorities here
as to how the plan would be regarded
how it would be suitable from a climat
10 point Of view Tor those whom II is
intended to benefit and many other
points OF view,
The report is highly satisfactory II
having been found that both the cli-
mate of Northern Australia and that OF
East Africa would he we'll suited 10 the
requirements. In tact IN regard To the
latter place East Africa, the report
states il should naturally he REGARDED
as the America OF the Hindu
The scheme may not be an entirely
philanthropic one but may nave diplo-
matte trends as well That Great Brit,
ain aeeds some OF her faithful subjects
IN Africa be they black or white. and
the gentle Hindu has as a rule proved
remarkably ioyaI to the Empire, is an
undoubted fact.
The report goes to o certain extent
into this Point OF the matter II men
lions Uganda as desirable place to
send these emigrants 10. Having as
sumed a protectorate 1t says, over
Uganda, on political and philanthropic
grounds. our retention Of II is capable
Of defence From the political stand
point the fact that the protectorate
comprises the head waters OF the Nile
makes II essential that II should be
under our control The Nile is the key
to Egypt which is in our occupation,
and il is obviously desirable that the
domination of the supply of the water
of that river should remain with British
authorities. Then, further, the main
tenance of our control over the East
African and Uganda protectorates is
also necessitated by our regard for the
political future OF India. East Africa
should form a suitable outlet for the
superintendent population OF India, no
less than for Indian trade. From the
philnnthropic standpoint II is surely no
SINAI! thing To have rescued very fine
race from the horrors of inccssant war
fare and 10 have given 1t an opportunity
OF development on civilized lines.
The report might have gone further
and said
There are indications Of restlessness
among certain elements Of midas enor-
nous population which has been notice
able for some time The famine has
created yesentful feeling among the
farmers and others in the regions most
affected nv It The advance In civilila-
non among the natives OF a higher
grade has made them restless for Office
and income and created a small army
OF maleontents a Hindu colony of col.
onies abroad viii afford these men op-
portunities for Office AZ remunerative
figure and for enterprises OF various
kinds developed from Western civiliza-
tltHi ~ Is lIiiH lUlS tldSA tildN bill'
aims danger OF holding India will come
rather a thousand times than from Rus
sian danger from lie in
side rather from the Outsida~irom
growing ambitions Of this great branch
of the Aryan race, differentiated alto
gether from the Negro
The Hindu is Intelligent to fault
sometimes too intelligent, for he devel.
opes n craftiness that does not conduce
10 honesty, but he is helpless from the
very fact that his country Is overpopu-
lated Use him as a soldier ~ as a
clerk, he is equally good He VIII dis
count his master in many ways Look
al what he has done in lighting way
for Britain whenever 1t had to be done
a. clerk watch him In the sultry Of
fees OF Calcutta Madras or any ~ our
big cities To take him TO the heart ~
Africa where the heat Is honey 10 him
while II ls death 10 European at GER