Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-26

the bishops gave at their plenary meeting
With such unsuitable men at the head OF
it, the French church is indestructible
Governments will change, but It will stand
firm"
The Gaekwar of Baroda, who arrived
home in India recently from his trip
around the world, evidently has prohted
by his experience. He delivered an ad-
dress in Calcutta the other day on the
| advancement OF Indian industries. He told
his hearers that Swadeshism could be a
genuine economic force If properly used.
There was no economic fsllacy in the
swadeshi creed aiming at the improvement
of Indigenous art. The genuine Swadeshi
would secure a maximum Of production
at a minimum of cost Patriotism de-
manded that the greater cost and the
slight discomfort of using Indigenous goods
should be endured oheerfully at thu out
| set, but that no such movement could be
permanently successful unless II involved
determined effort to improve the quail
| ity and cheaper the cost of the goods. so
as to compete successfully with foreign
| products, They were, he said, at crisis
in the national history. They must make
arduous and united endeavors to secure
their Industrial INDEPENDENCE. or they
would sink, perhaps. for centuries. FL
nally, he urged the Importance of primary
education among the masses. He said
that young Indians should travel In Eu-
rope, America and Japan to complete their
J industrial training, and he urged the break
ing UP OF monopoly and of caste preroga-
tives and social privileges.
The boycottng of ireland in the expendi-
| lures of the imperial treasury, to which
Ireland contributes more than its pro rata
share by some $12.0000O0 annually, is the
| burden of a we'll put together little
/ pamphlet just published in Dublin by
william Field, M. P. The long-continued
| financial dishonesty of the empire toward
Ireland and Scotland is getting consider
able airing of late. The Social and Sta
tistical Inquiry society of Dublin dilates on
| it at it's frequent meetings in Leinster
! hall. The members of the society are bust
ness men and professional men of all
shades, rather no shade. OF politics.
who are interested in making Ireland a
1T place to live in without disturbing the
relations between 1t and the empire. They
find great fault with the treasury system
| of bookkeeping of the consolidated ex-
chequer Of England, Ireland and Scotland
The charging to Ireland of expenses be-
longing to the empire expenses that should
be borne only by England works double
wrong to Ireland. Mr.. Fields little
brochure is a plain and definite arraign-
ment of this legerdemaln system. For in
stance, he shows how ireland pays more
than II ought according to popuiation)
OF the taxes for army supplies. and then
he shows that all these supplies are bought
in England Even the soldiers and sailors
in ireland must go to London for their
boots and suits that could be supplied
at least as we'll and cheaper in ireland
All the business the government handles
is given to English firms. Fres trade is
nominally the policy OF the country, but
the English workman is well protected all
the same against Irish and Scotch compe-
tition.
The recent national congress OF native
reformers in India who aim at securing
a large degree OF self-government, was
soon followed by an "al India Moham-
medan educational conference" whose sig
nifcance should be noted. The result OF
the conference was the formation OF the
''all India Moslem league" which is to
be openly antagonistic to the national con-
gress movement. While the congress Is
not altogether friendly to British rule, the
Moslem league avowedly will seek to up
hold British influence and promote loyalty
to the British government among the Mo.
hammedan population. While the govern
ment undoubtedly has encouraged the or
ganlzatlon of the Mohammedans. II Is evil
dent that their jealousy and fear OF the
Hindu element in India, which much out.
numbers them, is the primary inspiration
Of the movement The Moslem population
1 90 haa lorau - s.yIfk
the other race, and their present tendency
is to consider the British cause as their
own on the ground that only under British
rule could the Mohammedans save them
selves from being submerged. The cleavage
between Hindus and Mohammedans is one
Of the factors of the situation which will
probably prolong British domination In
India.
The possibility OF the suppression, In
whole or IN part OF the opium trafhc In
China has naturally caused great anxiety
among those interested in the production
of the drug in India. 1t appears that. al
though opium Is produced In such vast
quantities In India, only a very small pro
portion Of It Is used for medicinal pur.
poses The Indian drag is not suitable
for the manufacture of morphine. of which
II contains only a small percentage. 4 e
per cent, whereas the Turkish variety
contains from - to IS per cent. Conse
quently there Is a general demand for the
Turkish opium by the morphine manufao.
turers. There is little doubt that the ex.
tent Of land under poppy cultivation n
India will decrease year by year as the
demand for opium for smoking purposes
diminishes Recent experiments II seems
have shown that there is twice as much
morphine I'm the opium obtained from pop
pies grown in the hill districts OF the Hima.
iayas in the opium derived from peoples
grown in the plans. and It Is suggested
that some compensation for the loss OF the
smoking opium trade might be found In
the cultivation Of the poppy in higher
lands, with view 10 securing a share OF
the medicinal trade. OF which the Turk
hitherto has been enjoying much more
than his proportionats share