The sun., 1907-08-22

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To rHx EDIroR or TIE suN---Sir: / have
read Mr.. Barakatullah's letter upon British
rule In India In TIE sUN with great Interest.
and 1 have Just received by the English nrnrI
a printed copy OF q speech delivered In London
before the Social Democratic Federation rv
Mr.. Hyndman. Mr.. Hyndman II well known
AZ the writer OF letters signed N. io the T..
Mall Csdsefts. Mr.. Hyndman In his speech
says that bis greatest qualification for speak.
ing on the subject OF British rule in Ind,a
In the fact that he has never been in Indie
himself
Unlike MIR. Hyndmsn. I resided in Ird,,
for nearly o quarter OF a century, can read
and write several of the Indian language,
among the natives Of India | number many
personal friends, and have always been N
entire sympathy with the natives Of India
Socislistic speeches such as Mr.. Hyndmars
and statements like those OF Mr.. Barakatullah
are the cause OF unrest In India II does noe
exist among the great landed proprie'ors II
the country.
1 will quote two OF Mr.. Hyndman's stare-
ments to show how absolutely unfit he i -
create any public opinion on British rule IN
India. He says that the district officers have
an easy Job" and that the $1,000 British
troope in India are absolutely useless. II is
a well known fact that the deputy commis-
sioner or collector in India leads a most
strenuous life. To begin with. he passes an
examination which is far above the honor
list" Of either Oxford or Cambridge Ills
duties are multifarious and exceedingly
onerous. We have only TO read the lives
OF Lord Lawrence. Sir Herbert Edwards and
John Nicholson to learn what the duties Of a
district officer were in the past. They are
PTessss sytss 1ss %ooe. ss%s p me
II is q sufffoient answer that they manage 10
keep 800 ,ooO. 900 Of people IN check
. &. tof 81 Snss ~ n ns
never meet With civilian, oificisl Or other
sTSsar sTommy Atkins WI who does not believe fS.s
ss TsGs nsors SS !: e sSns Ss to ss %
Mddras Tin,,s, the Friend Of Indid; the P,o-
neer and the CIVIL and Military 0csette deyots
trstion and in giving, srstutitous advice 10
the English rulers. In the English Psrlis::
re parity IN " sTsyI ohscS rS
George Hamilton and Lord Curzon mis-.
governed India during the Conservative
and the Earl q Minto are doing precisely ihs
%ss SS people who =. .r. ! t1SeroSshy ,e ,1n salts.
the Zemindars or sons Of the soil. They have
traditions among themselves oi Hindu rule.
with ali his faults is ruling India much better
than any Of the rulers of the past.
or course, IN Mr.. Barakatuliah intimates.
Great Britain ts conquering power in India.
and she must rule India as such. Conse-
Quently when the time arrives that the social
istic promoter Of unrest has become trouble
some and unbearable, the British Govern
nent will vigorously suppress him. But for
the present he In allowed to write and talk and
to agitate. Occasionally he drops valued
suggestion or formulates a new idea, and
these are doubtless collected by such man
M fr lnhn MnrIav The 0iftad SQcfofaFy Of
State for India, and a note made OF them.
honestly believe that the present unrest IN
India is confined TO men who have been edu-
Gated In the Government and mission schools
and who have learned not only to read and
write but to decIaim and decIy. These men
have imbibed western socialism. IL seems
probable that Great Britain will survive IL an
and govern India for another century
BROOKLYN, August 20. ANoLo-INDIAN