The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

In the Cn1ru p1dce Was IuS oppoSlIlOH W
the government 8 Indian policy. Much
effective campaign work was done by
the Indian national congress, which,
thru some of the most brilliant Hindu
orators the world has ever seen, in
formed the. voters just what Curzon
had been doing in India.
India Once Practically Free.
"The most noble, just and honest
governor general India ever had was the
Marquis Of Ripon, who, during his
rule from 1880 to 1884, planted the seed
of freedom in India. He made the
press entirely free, provided liberal edu-
cation for all natives so far as prac-
ticable, established hospitals and gave
the provinces and the municipalities
the widest range Of freedom. His aim
was to rule India as the people desired.
Among the millions of men in India it
would be hard to find one who would
say word against Ripon.
Curzon Roundly Hated.
"With Lord Curzon it is exactly the
| opposite. He has ruled solely in the
interests Of Englishmen, and what he
has done has been unfavorable in every
| way to the natives. >!%r&4 . 49,
u" During his seven years rule the
expenditures for military purposes have
been almost doubled.
."He has robbed the press of it's lib
erty.
'FHe has placed the universities prac-
tically in the hands of government Of
fcials, displacing hundreds of excellent
educators and substituting inferior men
from official ranks, and hundreds Of
schoolhouses and higher educational in
situations have been closed and the
money that went for their maintenance
diverted into the military channels.
ellis Tibetan expedition was a fail
ure in every sense, and only cost a ire
mendous amount Of money.
Ellis famous durbar was useless, un-
necessary and resulted in no good to
anyone or anything save the ruler 8
vanity. Turnout India they refer to
the wonderful spectacle as vaudeville
performance. 1t was the biggest vaude-
vile in the world. Next to it is the
present visit of the prince Of Wales
To India that is a vaudeville show of
first magnitude-a chance for big
hooray, that s all.
ellis policy was to crush Indian in
dustries and increase the export bust
ness of merchants of England. Thus
he ruined thousands Of native business
men-but he enriched thousands of
Englishmen at home, presumably.
The Won Plehve of India.
.These are some of the reasons why
Curzon was unpopular in India: We
recognize him as a brilliant man il
the sense that the late minister of the
interior of Russia was brilliant man
In all parts Of the country he is known
in fact, as fthe Won Plehve of India.
The press often refers to, him as such
Probably that was one reason why he
tried, and with some success, to. muzzle
the press. ra ..
Lady Curzon Unpopular.
"Lady Curzon has never been re-
spected in India by anybody-not ever
by Englishmen. I know whereof
speak about this matter. I was there
When the average American woman ,:
husband is raised to conspicuous pc
sition, she usually displays peculiar
abilities. Lady Curzon never did. She
never showed friendly tone toward
the natives of any class. She had he
fathers millions and she had. the tire
mendously large salary Of her husband
and yet when 100000 persons died il
t India of hunger in a single week, Lady
. Curzon did not do anything for them
:, It cut the natives to the quick, for they
l had come to respect the wife Of Cur
5 zon. It increased the native hatred o.
> England.
:" America suffered, too. Perhaps tn
J. opinion Of 3OO,OO0,OO0 people doesn'
: amount to anything, but T think i
: does. Americans should know that Their
: are millions Of highly educated peopl
in India. They know and have come t,
!. love and revere George Washington
= Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Frankly
: and Abraham Lincoln. They hav
v studied the lives of these men-som
> day they probably will follow thei
teachings, for the freedom Of India i
n but matter Of time.
t Congratulates Miss Alice.
"Thruout India American women ar
a held in high egard--except in case
d where fine American girls marry them
y selves to no-account, humpty -dumpt
d English lords.
Gin the name of 300, 100000 Hindu.
n I congratulate Miss Alice Roosevelt fo
y her selection of an American gentlen1a
). for husband. We are heartily gla
q that she will not surrender herself an
her self-respect to one Of the misname