Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
CHARGES FAMINE TO ENGLISH
EXTRAVAGANCE
Member Of Universal Peace Union
Has Harsh Words for the Way
King Edwards Hndoo Sub
iects Are Treated

Pundit DR.. N. Krishna of Bombay,
India, member of the universal peace
union, arrived in Los Angeles few
days ago. His mission to America Is,
he says, to study the growth of the
country in it's political, economical ana
sociological conditions. He contem-
plates writing a book on each of the
subjects.
DR.. Krishna also has the ambition to
tell the American people something
about the situation in his own land.
particularly relating to British rule in
India. He has spent nineteen months
in America, and will remain few
months longer He has visited about
thirty states and been close studenr
of affairs, industrial and political. The
pundit told the story of Indias troubles
in a quick, soft voice and in excellent
English, but with an idlom that be-
spoke his nationality.
THE only chance Of the people of the
United States to hear about the orient
is through the missionaries who are
sent there to tell our people how be-
nighted they are" said the pundit
These men and women are not con-
structive as to idea or character; on
the contrary they are positively de-
structive. The so-called Christ char
acters and the beauty of Christ love is
not shown. but they daily present the
castles of churchianity. Hence they are
unwelcome in India.
Hoboes Not Wanted
THE greatest need of Asia in gen.
eral and India in particular is the in
1.,ot .toI In ND
teachers from Europe and America. In
dia, under England, has prospered in
few ways, such as we have learned to
drink whiskey, smoke long cigars, are
taught to use the high collars and any
thing that is English, and we are An
glicized in every way. Now, the Hin
docs of today have discovered that the
promises given to us by Victoria five
times in her life are nothing but a
political myth. Now we are obliged to
think that salvation of India is in the
hands of the natives of India, and John
Bull, the champion robber of the world
can do nothing for us except to rob us,
oppress us and keep us 1000 years be-
hind the times in ignorance.
THE progress which India has made
in the last fifty years and particularly
the last three years is a marvel and
wonder. Last year alone something like
of India to start industrial education
and factories in India. Now $S,0000O0
in America may be nothing, but $S,00O,
900 in India today may be worth in
Europe $1OO,00O,OO0.
What Christianity Has Done
After ITO years of British rule in
India the so-called Christian rule and
civilization has brought to India plague,
starvation, hunger and anything that is
the greatest foe of humanity and prog
ress. Intense misery In India is the re-
suit of the selfishness of Christian Eng
lish torment in India. Two millions OF
people are dying of hunger annually,
almost 100000 children below the age
of Is are dying of plague. and plague
is due to underfeeding. At the same
time 100000 of people cannot get one
rice meal a day. Eighteen millions of
people cannot spare 81 a year for their
clothing Why did this poverty not
exist under the native rule in India?
It's answer Is that the lowest per-
centage of taxes we pay Is 45 per cent
of the entire income from land and as
high as 65 per cent income from land,
The overtaxation and entire neglect OF
Industrial education and the highway
robbery of the English official in its
political sense and the overpay to Of
ficials and officers in India are the
direct results of poverty and misery in
India.
"Only 10 per cent Of the people in
India under the civilized Christian rule
of England are able to read and write.
In average there is only one great
school to every sixteen miles in India,
and not one Of these great schools given
are free. The children have to pay so
much a month as fees. There Is not in
the whole OF India a single mining and
meteorological school. There is not one
archaeological institute in the whole of
India.
Education Neglected
1.-The English bishops and the Eng
lish clergymen are paid out of our
taxes and even the education of the
people is neglected. Now, you people
in the United States frequently hear
that Russia Is going to invade India,
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