Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-26
DISTRESS OF INDIA.
,ssons Drawn 'front.' the Recent
Famine.
The Condition of the Average lnhab-
liant Becoming Worse.
India Over governed and With Laws Alien TO
Genius Of People.

!
been the custom Of the Indian gov
,rnmrut after AL the famincs "t
+ any consequence that hay" occurred
I ,urin. tn. hast thirty five Years I" ar
: unint a commission to !upuir" mt"
! their extent ANA the methods adopted
+ for coming with them as We'll - I" 81
+ fer suggestions for tuturt guidance.
The recent one has hcen u" exception,
and The. report was signed aS Tar back
aS tn. >th uf MAY last. II MAS WITH
/ held from thu. public however. until a
few DAYS AGO: it would MOI have been
policy 10 publish il until The Indian
, Budget had been passed and Lord
George Hamilton offered a. the world
his recent glowing panesylic - the
prosperity uf India. which. needless t"
say. WAS taken with " Very big dis
. count by everybody who knew amy
thing AT I'M about it. writes j. W. Root
in the Boston Transcript But il sue
,,cdcd only too well in the object II
h:,d in view. namely. salNinS tn" con
science OF tn. British people and per
/ Suading them 10 believe that their ad-
ADMINISTRATION Of India left little or moth
in., To b. q Sir -.
~ far uS Inc report itself t. con
! crrned. il I;,"ks the ilnr"rtanc" "f scN-
raj Of its predecessors. that of 1881
more particularly. This is only say
! inc that TIN. ground has been effec-
I lively cleared. the rules and regula-
| tiuMS laid down fol administration dur
ing famine, periods being found on the
whole workable. Severe famine. how
| ever rarely occurs twice running in
tn same district. and AZ India is a
great congeries OF people rather than a
nation. there has 10 b. Il good deal of
latitude permitted in dealing with
them. \ famine code must necessarily
! bt limited To broad principles. ana the
applica ton Of them left to those on the
! spot. ana il is this that always calls
! tcr inquiry ana criticism. The same
men rarely have the work to do twice
| III The same place or under exactly
/ TN SAM conditions. and actuatcd
though they ar. ny thu strongest feel
+ iug- of humanity and willing though
( They may t.. to exert themselves to the
uiut vi physical -Nhausyiun they
IaaE, nevertheless. max" "a failure
. h..t before th.N scored II success
GA, -roat thing I~ 1" understand I'M.
/ rr"plr. ANA az TIL. officials ar" con-
/ stautly being moved about iu TIN. vay
II promotions. they a!. art L. maxi. U.s..
I
! a-aiu almost at Jh- hojtom- This. no
doubt largely explains th- failures
/ brought &" Eight i. ,hr fdmi.- adm.ui~-
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