The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-09
ENGLAND's POWER IN INDIA.
Rapidly Waning and Opposition
Party Gaining Ground.

which is opposed to British rule mas
been so rapid and 1t has increased to
such an extent that / look to see In
dia granted concessions that will give
her a government similar to that of
Canada or Australia"
This is the declaration of N. Ker-
shaw, a high caste native Indian of
ancestry extending back over 5000
years, and who has made a study of
conditions in every leading capital of
Europe and Asia, says the st. Louis
Republic.
Mr.. Kershaw Is also a member of
the Indian National Congress start
ed by the advice of Gladstone and
the Liberals of the British Parlia-
ment, twenty-three years ago.
THE Indian National Congress
was started in the hope that the rela-
tions between the English people and
the royal family might become clo-
SER" continued Mr.. Kershaw, as he
slowly smoked his Turkish cigarette.
Under the leadership of Lord Ripon,
from 1880 to 1885, when he was
Governor General, the cry of the peo-
pie of India was The English for In
dia and India for the English. That
feeling is now dying out and the cry
Of the people is India for the In
dians.
Queen Victoria was greatly be-
loved by the Hindoo women because
of her expressed feeling of sympathy
for them, and she was highly rever-
ed by the people of India because she
had shown the Indian rulers who Wis
tied her in England such kindness.
Although she felt kindly toward
the people and made many promises
Of alleviating their condition, her
promises were never carried out, and
since her death there are many Hin
docs who speak openly against Eng
land and her promises.
Take the history of Great Brit
ain. 1t is an island power and it be-
came great through the liberal pol
Icy 1t has pursued. The Liberal par
ty itself does not make enemies as
does the Tory party. Its platform is
expressed in the three principles.
equal rights to all British subjects
friendship with all nations and no
wars With these three principles
lived up to the people of India cannot
be treated otherwise than as free
citizens.
Then why Is 1t that conditions
are such in my country that people
are dying on the streets OF starva-
tion, that between 100000 and A.
100000 perish in this manner every
year, while the country is used as a
dumping ground for the sons of the
English nobility, who want an easy
berth and are provided for life?
In 1888, 1857, 1870, 1890 and 1901
we were successfully promised the
same liberty and freedom that the
people of England enjoy.
I'VE have never received 1t and
these promises have never been car
ried out. There is no resemblance
between the freedom and justice in
England and that served out in In
dia. In the Indian civil service, the
Indian medical service, the Indian
forestry, the Indian public works,
the engineering, the police the vet
erinary, the army and the navy de-
partments the examinations are all
held in England.
What is the result? Why, most
of the natives of India who are quail
flied to pass these examinations are
unable to go to England to take
them on account of the expense, and
the result is that our people are at
a disadvantage from the start and
these most desirable positions are
almost entirely filled by natives of
England.
THE same situation exists in the
educational field in our country"
continued Mr.. Kershaw. 1--WE have
295, 100000 people, and the annual
appropriation for our schools is &10,-
100000, while we pay G21, 100000
annually for the support of the army
in India and GS, 100000 annually for
the support of the army in England
All this comes out of the Indian
treasury.
This is only one instance. They
subsidize English steamers out of the
Indian treasury, and the Indians
have to pay three times the amount
of postage to send letter to Eng
land that the English people do to
send a letter to India, There are
60,000,000 people In India who can
not get enough to eat, more than one
meal a day, and between 100000
and 4 100000 die of the plague and
starvation every year. The plague
is due to underfeeding in most in
stances.
Industrial education is the foun-
dation of the nation in this day and
age. We have not one mining school,
not one technical institution in the
whole Empire. We are the biggest
cotton growing nation in the world,
yet we import more than $4,000
900 worth of goods every year"
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