The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
6ABA BRARAU (

tion and oppression by foreign hands
and that new Monroe doctrine will
be called into being and the Orient
will be for the Orientals alone.
The western coast Just now Is
aroused over the Hindu Peril" as At
is called. Hundreds. even thousands,
of Hlndus are coming across the Pa
cific, and the western states and west
em Canada fear a very deluge. So
great has been the feeling In some
places that the white laborers have
driven the dusky invaders out, as the
Chinese were sent forth from certain
western cities In carly days. But
Baba Bharati declares there is no such
thing as the Hindu Peril" 1t is
rather the Japanese Peril" on this
side of the Pacific, or the white
Peril on the othcr side Of the ocean.
THE Hindus that come to the
American shore are really not Hlndus
in the common acceptance of the
term; rather thcy are half Hindus,
slkhs from Upper India, with differ.
cnt religion and different ideas" said
Baba Bharati in an interview | had
with him at the Hotel Stander just be-
fore the Minnesota sailed. He contin.
ued There is no cause to fear an
INVASION for only few of the sikhs
will come. And they are not an ag'
gressive peorlc. If they find they are
not wanted they will not cross the Pa
cific. There Is no cause to fear"
The Hindu philosopher and sage
| talked for an hour or more on this
| western world we know, his eastern
world religion, literature, modern
conditions, his own life and expert
enccs, his hopes, ambitions, and made
predictions of such amazing nature
regarding the future readjustment OF
relations across the Pacific as tc
staitle any person who thinks on the
shadows that portend coming events
In this interview he summed up a mes
sage he wished to convey in farewell
TO the America he is leaving.
Spirituality Not for Sale.
"The New York Herald gave me and
my mission most helpful publicity, and
then followed my first success since
ltuNluS NY pNH SilOIco, Wdo "
lecture. Thirty persons came to hear
me. and when | had finished speaking
they placed upon the table $50 In
money. | almost wept. Then ! ex
J planned that Hindu cannot take coin
for sustenance he gives either to the
body or the soul. One can travel all
through my country without being
| n, 10 nd untp
ity is not for barter and sale, either.
This was merely the mistake of
commercialized America These New
Workers. thought in their simple way,
that money could pay for anything.
! Yet | found them warm hearted and
altogether 1ovable just sas all other
i Americans arc, When they can be
mad pursuit OF gold they have admir-.
able natures, ! find.
"'rhe trouble With America, Is that II
is building or a material plane. 1t
isSmsking tremendous progress in all
things material, but We OF the Orient
understand the spiritual. We live not
for to-day but for all time, and when
you forget the SOUL as you do. you are
making sad mistake. Your modern
:. Churchianity Is spelling your Chris.
tianity. Your ministers OF the gospel
want more spirituality They do not
elevate themselves above the level OF
the visible, material world Youl
much Wanted progress counts for
natight.
You look at life on the surface;
we of the Orlent look al Il In its depth,
IN tha cool and quiet piareso where
!, there Is no turbulence and no mad