Arizona republican., 1907-02-19
UNHAPPY INDIA
AND Her TROUBLES
Some Remarks of Or. Krishna Con-
corning. His Own Country and Those
Who Invade 1t.

Dr. Krishna, the Hindu traveller who
visited Phoenix last week. and Of whom
some mention was made in a recent is
sue, is a most entertaining talker,
whatever his final conclusions con-
corning America shall be, as set forth
i'm his coming books. His address on
the city hall plaza Friday evening was
listened to with interest by a large
number Of people. Though he spoke
with some difficulty in the open air,
he had much to say of his own country
that was quite surprising. even 10
those who consider themselves quite
wei read.
The burden of his remarks was the
extreme poverty and ignorance of the
masses of India, which he contended
should of right be the richest of ma
tons instead of the very poorest. For
eminent responsible and spoke in a
vein that would undoubtedly be called
revolutionary in this country were SIM
liar charges made. Nevertheless he
said there was not an anarchist in In
dia so far as he knew and the people
held their rulers in respect though
they were burdened with the yoke of a
cruel government He said that what
India needs more than religion new or
old, is education, not only in the sci
ences but of an industrial nature. He
said there was only one school house in
sixteen square miles in all India, on an
average, and that there is not one in
dustrial school, technical school or in
stitution Of higher learning. For all
these the student must go to England.
There is no chance for the common
people to secure an education.
Moreover he contended that no peO-
pie is so weighted by burdensome taxes
and from the amount paid India should
have plenty of schools. He asserted
that the tax paid by India annually,
direct and indirect, to the government
and its protected institutions. is IS per
cent of the gross prodect of all the
land; that about a hundred years ago
the annual income of each native was
about $50, while now it is only $3.50. He
spoke of the oppression Of high sal
aries and said that there We're several
thousand British employed in that
country whose salaries range from
$4,000 per year TO over a million dollars
paid to the governor general; that in
the civil service there is not more than
one man in a hundred who IS native
and that after five years service any
employe is privileged to retirement for
life with a pension Of four or five
thousand dollars.
Answering the question why all this
IS so. he said that England keeps India
merely as a place to send her surplus
people Tor employment and large sal
aries. Her standing army which he
described as the government butchers,
he said was beyond all reason or need
in size and equipment. The fear that
Russia was going TO try TO secure an
outlet on the Indian ocean he decrie
as ridiculous and said it was used only
as an excuse for the maintainence of an
immense army at India's expense
whose real purpose was only to give
employment 10 the sons of Britain. 1t
is the greatest cotton growing country
in the world he said, except the United
States but the cotton is shipped to
England in subsidized British bottoms
and back again the same way after
manufacture and sold to the natives,
who if they attempt to manufacture
their own cotton are forced TO pay a
duty on it so it will not compete with