The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08

Is
Dmna( coitipare n III point OF Interest
4 y&4U 2And fascIhationsS With India
fins gl,nl peninsula, 5Wliicl stretches IRON,
7 Tho snows Of tho a litiulaShs to the palm
4 groves OF tho CarnntIo, has nh area more
than hnlftthn or he United Statesrsn
IA rOlula ton Of rchrly8 tlircc lf,cssns gtr1t
(, as tihtor theyWliole OF the North Ainei'.
4 tcnii cent ient, 5alil VI licac people sprtik
81 II 5lliulidred different alansui, Brs, no. ~,
Z .hAii 8lweilty.tfrec distinct llpiylingcs 5b. I.
( nl.,apokcn&by more thun 10000 1,ao1lc
a epc;t t }ss Is N IA sst III III }j3 "a * Sis h
!5 .i'hcse who have uccasonto gtudystnlIan
jSnfrrirs fall Into the co:nil,i,n error q
u s,,Erosing that the Wllola gof8tkis gttnt
country Is administered Nv British OH !.
cnis, TINT. III fact. the Whole of india IN
" u Er,tshs3possesslon .rl..H rs very far
are, Of india. and .onc,t0,,.tbs of itA pep;
4 u,atlcii nfo under the iilil, y of gf.,lt;ye
&l,:uiccs. who have trcati raiftions With
5S1TEg!and, butt In whose nlernni "a ff-srs
a TIL. Erlt!sh government htu mo contr)n
\ except ms "a few mat tcfs OF common Bin-l
8stercst toSthefwholc or ! ndln. Al Il rs &,
There are nearly 81 roo native States In
india /; buti5of these not more than%2W
IRE Or any real Importance. Not The
least Interesting thing q bout these States
sSis lthnt the British government. which y
a,opulnrly credited " by Y persons una
III quainted with the real facts. to be con
#stanly on the lookout TO seize every ircn
N Of Territory that can be L;Lken without
q 100 much trouble and expense, should III
low the cxlstcnce of so many indepen.:l
dent fndnlinstrat within her Indian
Borders. # f3 % a slt 4 s$5i, u @ M ~
The relation between the native States
ard Tie COVE rnmcntfot India Is u most
Interesting study fort It shows that
whore power. opportunity, and tempta-3
{ ton have all combined to- Influence the.
British government toward a policy Of
annexation us being III many instances
\ the shortest and mos tSEprofltab means
" Of producing adminlstratlv We reforms COLI
u <lucivc To the growtil OF trade. the longer
and more difficult process 81 gradually
= educating the native rulers to a higher
standard OF government has been under
4 taken. N S $;5
Z Is clear, OF course that there are!
some matters In which the indian gov
eminent has had to insist upon It's own
policy being folio we'd WI IN N the native
Y States. ~ 3.5I y ~ 365
v For, instance, infthc native States hav-
y ing Y n Hindu population the custom ~!
suttce or the burning alive OF ~ widow
at&s the funeral ssSof her dead lhuSbn no,
existed forSfnany years after the practice
had been abolished IN the, States under
British rule !; and It was only by bring
tng pressure ito bear on5the native rulers
that tho British government succeeded
lin stamping out he horrible practice
M. a gain, In many native States infa nti-l
eide was Recognized as a social U institu-.
$tIon.sSI II took the form Of killing on
thousands OF female children each year
and The cause OF these brutal murderss
and the .impunity3 81 tn ~ flchS he y5 we're
4 commit ted were 80 ted with
ti,essWhole5 soclal and religious 3lifesf OF
alternatives that no hope fof reforin could,
l,c entertained except by the cxertion Of
outside Influence. III Il 5 III
Every Hindu believes that the grea test
Il disgrace which can befall his family Is
10 hnvc unmarried daughters As this
Is recognizcd by everybody. hose who