Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

ward VII
The editor of the Indian Review crIticises
Lord Curzon with acrimony: NO viceroy.
he says, raised larger hopes In the minds
OF the people than did Lord Curzon at the
commencement OF his career. No viceroy
uttered sentiments breathing nobler aspira-
tions and loftfer ideals than did Lord Cur
ION I'm the beginning. No viceroy received
on his arrival in the country warmer
welcome than did Lord Curzon. Alas!
No viceroy ever belied the expecta-
tons of the people so sadly and so
much to the disappointment and Dewfider9
ment of ALL .
Il strain memory" adds the editor who
appears to be native Indiaman. Ito re-
call Lord Curzon's few good acts, whilst n
host of his mischievous measures and do
fnss rush to mind. Among these his CAL
cutta convocation speech. And his
latest attempt to tear asunder united Ben
gal and break up the Bengal race by In
Producing the game of divide and rule All
these we regretfully forced to recount
on the present occasion Had he devoted
the six years of his career and his I'M
doubted abilities to the alteration of the
condition OF the people. to the mitigation
of their miserable poverty. to the tightening
of many Of their burdens. to sympat hiking
with the aims and aspirations of modern
India. And had he brought into operation
those great and noble principles which ht'
averred on many occasions would be his
guide his claim to the gratitude of the peo-
pie would have been great. How cruelty
HIS per nave Deleu dNNts
ances."
A contributor to the Indian Review, writ
ing of Current Events" says:
Indian affairs have unfor-
Bad tunatelv no, vet emerged
Effects from the dolorous condition
to which the Curzon- Kttch-
ener controversy has reduced them. Not
= II-&,, IN
comes out with anything like unsuiled
glory. AS things they bode no good
to india. 1t may be that Lord Kitchener
chastened by criticism, may conduct his
duties and exercise his increased military
authority as to have little room for hostile
change of government at home.
Another Indian, Anglo-Indian, in the
Indian Review has written an article, en-
titled The Swadeshi Movement.
"Out of evil cometh good" Lord Curzon' s
attempt TO break up united Bengal mas
done substantial good in different ways
1t is said that nations are by them
selves made. The Bengal agitation has
given convincing proof of the fact 1t Is
national asset for which the rest of India
must feel thankful to our countrymen IN
Bengal now in anguish. Secondly, II has
given the greatest practical stimulus to the
national sentiment growing for some years
Fast to the incalculable benefit to be de-
rived by the country at large for fostering
such Indigenous industries as are possible
ana practical. 1t is not question of boy
cotting Manchester. 1t is the question OF
placing greater reliance on natural apti-
tudes and developing greater self-help than
has been the case hitherto. To boycott
Manchester goods at present may be I'M
practica BILE India cannot produce for some
years to come the goods 1t has been In the
ha bit of using hitherto. You may have TO
go to Germany. or the United States; put
to what avail? Surely that cannot be said
n rho SWdipShi indigenous III
austrial movement. 1t should also be re-
membered that once continental and Amer
lean goods are introduced a keen competi-
ton will ensue. 1t will be quadrilaterai
one-Manchester Germany and the United
States on one side competing among them
selves and competing against India. They
all might refuse TO send the necessary ma
chinery which India cannot make. hence
any precipitate and thoughtless action
would only recoil in the end on the coun-
try. What we understand by fostering the
SwadeShi movement Is the slow but STEADY
production in the country itself or Such
manufactures as the people by their enter
prise, wealth, resources and self-sacrifices
are able to produce. No doubt weaving is
the prince OF all Indigenous industries. II
is of the country. Stimulate 1t both by
hand and steam, and try gradually to be-
come Independent of foreign cloths. But
do it in such a way that once firmly eStap-
hshed none can compete with IT. In otner
words. foster and develop 1t so as to make
it not worth the while of the outsider TO
import 1t. India needs al present a dozen
good manufactures founded in a dozen
different directions to lay broad and deep
the root of industries and manufactures
The Swadeshi spirit should be cherished;
lis fame should be kept perennially burn
ing"
The Hindustan Review for July contains
communication from Indian on the
subject of The Indian in England" lie
says:
THE east can no longer sit alone wrapped
i'll her memories. If Indian civilization is
to endure it must be strength
Bengal's ened by the results Of west
Hopes. ern science; 1t must incor
porate the best that the west
has to offer. Assimilation or destruction,
that Is the alternative. One small nation
Of the east has already faced the difficulty;
has chosen wisely and now fronts the world
as a great power. India with her more an
cient and less flexible civilization has
longer task before her. She has to receive
western knowledge to subordinate it to her
past and to use it SO that it may promote a
development which shall still be in all es
sentiais Indian. This is the great problem
before her. and that she may solve it her
most gifted sons must go forth into an
alien land and bring back what is needed to
build the new ana mtghtier India of the
days to come"
The boycott in Bengal seems from the
aforegoing to be more than a local fever;
! it is epidemic in all India.
The reference to the zone small nation in
the east that has already faced the diff
Guilty" is significant. 1t shows the COM
munity of spirit and aspira ton among orr
entails, bound by the ties of tradition re-
hgfon and race. Aside from the MongoI
invasions of India it should not be forgot
ten that Japan received her first lesson IN
civilization in the arts and sciences, in Bud
dfism, from the ndo-Chinese Buddhist
bonzes who planted monasteries In the
ancient Korean kingdoms of Korai Hiaksai
and Shiural, and which extended to Japan
Japan has awakened China by placing IN
her hands the boycott of American COM
merce. Why shall not Japan have awakened
India and inspired the boycott of British
manufactures in Bengal? Great Britain has
controlled India since 1901 years without any
appreciable impression for good upon the
religion, morals well-being of the Indian
whose condition today is piteously abtecT
1t would be best for India and for the oc-
cident If Japan should replace England in
ln6fa by reason of community of race and
religion, and that would insure Justice, The
boycott in Bengal may have that result
CHI. CHALLENGING