The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07

tured nearly all of them
It is not surprising that many men
become Incorporate in the orient.
Drinking water is said TO be danger
advised to drink whisky and soda. 4
Wine is said to be heating. Wherever
you go, you are advised to drink
whisky and soda; a big stiff drink Of
Scotch whisky is poured into tum-
bier, and then the tumbler is filed
with soda
I remained up until late last night
and we passed distant lighthouses I'M
til nearly midnight. Soon after mid
night we passed a big ship going in
the opposite direction. It was a novel
sight to me, and a new one. AS sat
alone on the deck how I longed for
some of the Atchison people to keep
me eOmpanyt How / would have en-
joyed hearing Churen WHITES COM
ments on the passengersi
I suppose I will return home quite
English, il I remain out here much
longer / suppose I viii wear pa
jamas and kimonas drink whisky and
soda, play whisky poker. and use the
broad "a" when I say pass. and put
my shoes in frames at night out
here most people hire an independent
servant when they stop at hotel. and
[ suppose will do that too I saw a
man walking on the streets Of Singa-
pore yesterday, and an Indian servant
was holding an umbrella over his
head.
have changed my mind about the
native servant shall employ in India;
intend to name him Hon. Lysander
John Appleton. and not Kansas as
first thought of doing
You often hear it said that the beat.
OF English drums is heard around the
world, and it is true The English
language is taking the earth, as it de-
serves to do, for it represents the best
of everything known. Beginning at
Honolulu, you find the American in con-
troll At Yokohama, and all over
Japan, the English are a power. At
Shanghai, you find the English in con
| troll, as they are at Hong Kong At
Manila, the Americans rule Singapore
is an English possession; so is Penang;
so is Colombo Immense India, two or
three thousand miles long, is owned by
the Engilsh. Egypt IS controlled by the
English, and from London you may take
| a ship to English ports on the North
American continent. In their conquest
of the earth, the English are aided by
the people they conquer; by foolish
local superstitions and customs. india
with its three or four million inhabit-
ants, is ruled by a hundred and fifty
thousand Englishmen on the ground.
The natives of India have so many
different motions" that they cannot get
together in Reform party and these
motions are of the greatest aid to the
| English in enslaving the people. Caste
/ in India, ridiculous as it may seem to
Americans, is the most vital thing in
/ the country An Indian will lie about
/ anything else, but he is true to his caste.
Indian wheat is a large factor in the
worlds supply, and this wheat is raised
/ in little acre patches, in primitive ways,
/ by natives, and carried to market on
their backs. When the grain is ripening,
/ the natives sit in the middle of their
/ fr.I1n s,f TO 80
/ wild deer. Because the natives have
] been taught that it is wrong to kill ami
/ mails, or any other living thing, they
/ often starve when they could have veni-
son without trouble. In another section
1 of the country, another fool notion pre-
walls. and the Indian who has DOL
notion will have nothing to do with
Indians who have other fool notions.
/ Countless thousands of Indians are ssjll-
ed by snakes, but snakes are sacred
and the natives will not kill them.
There is little Doubt that many OF
these notions originated with natives OF
! intelligence, and that their purpose was
/ TO enslaVe the ignorant. The Brahmins
said: We are better than others; it
| is the duty of the people to support
US in idleness.'' And this the Indians
| cheerfully do, as a religious duty. AND
/ then another class of men, the sol
! dierS, said: I'VE are better than other
/ men, except the RrahminS.' Then an
4 other tax was added to the people. Mex
came the tradesmen with a demand foi
| tribute, and then the artisans. Thus
| caste originated, many thousands Of
/ years ago and the system has cOntin-
ued so long that caste in India has be
come about the biggest fool thing in the
/ world if you want to be amused, look
up a good book or the subject, and reao
/ it. An artisan cheerfulIy admits the su-
periorty of the priest, the soldier ane
the stOrekeeper and never hopes to bt
as good as they are. If an artisan is
on the street, and soldier appears
the artisan disappears, as the artisan
believes that even his shadow viii defilt
the soldier. The system has become SC
complicated and ridiculous that you
cannot imagine anything about it that i
not true And the result of it all Is
to assist the foreign masters in easily
controlling the native slaves! Suppose
that at the time of the American reVO
luton, our forefathers were unable Il
! fight for freedom because a Massachus
etts man would not serve as q soidlei
in company with a Vermont man, be
cause the Vermont man creased hi
boots with tallOW, which the Massa
chusetts man regarded as sacred: tina
is one way of thinking OF the situatloi
in India A Declaration of independence
in India would be impossible, becaus
the members of congress would. not 81
together, or eat at the same table. o
stop at the same hotel Had Indian no
/ fiOns prevailed in our country in Iflt
when Virginia revolted. the other state
would have assisted England in driving
Virginia back into slavery, because tn
other states hated the pig meat used b,
Virginians or because the N1rglnlan
killed poisonous reptiles
Penang. which we shall reach at
or o'clock tomorrow morning, is Il
t the Straits settlements, as is ais
Singapore. The Straits of Malacca ar
8 about three hundred miles long. o.
one side Sumatra; on the other, tn
Malay peninsular. Tt is said that tn
r Malays. as a race are dying out whicl
is also said CT the Hawaiians; it is be
/ lieved that both races will in compare
lively few years, become extinct In
r longer time. the same fate is apt t
1 overtake the French: in France. tn
death rate considerably exceeds tn
+ birth rate. The Chinese are very nu
: N arcne ri SinPapOre and at Penang