The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
Ear east is east and west Is west,
And never tho twain shall meet.

And never tho twain shall meet.
II Is not improbable that Rudyard
Klpling saw the gulf dividing the two
civilizations in his early acquaintance
ship with Baba Bharati when both
: were Journalists ip India. 1t is GER
tain that Bharati saw II, for he came
to the Occldent avowedly to study the
possibilities OF bridging 1t. Now, after
Ave years among us he has gone back
to his own people. never. he says, to
return. And with. his perspective of
)nfinie, old ideals Of civilization and dis
Iinterestedncss, I3aba Bharati, citizen
OF the universe ascetic. philosopher
and apostle of the purely spiritual
life, sees war impending between east
and west; a war, not OF the west
against the yellow peril" but of the
east against what he calls the white
peril Of aggressiveness and material
ism.
'sphe Orient will rise and drive the
white man forth. This will happen in
q very few years. by 1915, believe.
this conflict will be well under way.
This Is my own prophecy, but | find
that Iafcadio Hearn made virtually
Is the White Peril from which We suf-
fer III the Orient--Caucasian aggres-
sivcness and soul-killng civilization"
Such was Bharati's parting message
to the western world,
Baba (Father) Bharati is not to be
IaI nth tha ~ In
turcsqne Hindu charlatans who, with
appropriate scenery and costumes. have
come to America from time to time
toswheadler dollars from silly women
and men who wear th,imb rings, His
sponsors were men of like standing
with Rev. Dr. r. Heber Newton, Prof.
Charles Il. l.anman, of Harvard, and
DR. Felix Adler of the Ethical Culture
society. He is Brahmin OF the first
order. His father was magistrate
and his uncle q Judge of the high
court of Calcutta. Twenty years ago
he was editor of the Lahore Tribune
whom Kipling was newspaper writer
there. Later he became the editor
and proprietor OF society paper In
AAACuttu. hntu Iio IttiblOub luStiuCtc
asserted themselves. and for l2 years
he became an ascetic, hermit. living
a life OF austere simplicity in Brinda
ban, most holy OF midas holy lands
While here he met the great joyce OF
I}arada, giant in stature, and be
lieved to be the most spiritual man In
India. Under his teachings Baba
IN no had
I. a message to carry to the Caucasian
world He,did not wish to go, and foi
4 a time he struggled against What he
Ndeehiei command from on high
Then he went forth, and now he re-
CARDS his work well done. He is hap
py In the thought of return, yet has
learned to love the American people
aud feels pangs of regret at leaving
them forever
Tho Orient for orientals.
Large OF frame, with the prayer
cloth OF his "Krishna' yellow and in
scribed with wondrous words to the
Hindu faith, wound around his turban
long raven black curls dropping down
about his shoulders. with an eye as
clear as Rhensh wine and face ol
peculiarly benign mien, yet strongly
chiscled. combining AS It does a Ger
tain acquired western Wgor with the
placidity and caluncss OF the Orient
Bsba flharati Ii q striking figure Hs
has studied the Occident and its ways
! and declares that the aggression. the
A tremendous conceit and the blindness