The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-30
TBE UNHAPPY PUNJAB.
Promises Declared 90 ne All M Peopls
Get Out OF IN Alien nile

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Get Out OF an Alien RuIe.
To TINE EpIroH or THE suN-.Sfr. In
recent dispatches from the East unrest in
India" has occupied q prominent place.
beg to call attention through your columns
to a few facts. impressed upon me during
residence In India, which throw light upon
the present situation. These are thinss
which ought to be known to Americans. IL
ought not, for Instance, to be possible for an
American journal. a. did one OF your con.
temporarles editorially last month. ~inferen-
TALLY to attribute ingratltude 70 thu people
Of the Puniab because among them, not
withdrawing that their arid deserts have
been made habitsble and arabic by the irriga-
ton works erected by the Government. active
hostility has asserted itself"
For more than $50 years the Hindue h9vs
urged their claim and right TO he called ~
responsible positions in the government OF
their country. In 1889 Parliament enacted
That no native OF the said territories
british Indial. nor any natural born subject
of his Majesty resident therein. shall by
5S: descent. only ol s Of A q ssSl.saoRt; +. U dI:sDi IF Gf! Tts;
a aSdsr the sn SAD Company The 'EE East Indis
TSe duties OF the company we're subse.
quently transferred to the Crown, and Queen
"sSWSS s ssoid pG oSrssivss bound to the Rec pstfSe. Of
our Indian territories by the same obi CATIONS
q duty Which, sa.. bind I'D, vs. 20 all 10 re- other suh.
OF Almighty God, we shall faithfully and con
scientioqsly fniai; ,.r ,tu ,,.,
may be. or subjects. Of whatever race or
creed. be freely and mpartially admitted 70
% 9fiSes BE- In S our ssrf'f Sy t tSei au sdsc az Shic sb s,SIGy
and integrity duly to discharge"
The manner IN which this ENACTMENT and
minute referred to in the despatch to his Gov.
s ssnd3sdP Tor 3 the T pSfbi i; eye. but WHICH, When has as, since aS,
y sooner was the act lof 1881 passed
for practically eysdins the fulhlment Of Is.
80 We have had to choose bet ween pre-.
shos.n ths sp lea. ss strsi sStf tas%i s course we .h:svs
all are so many transparent snbterfHses for
Governments both of England and Of India
appear to me up 20 the present moment un.
having taken every means In their power Of
breaking 70 the heart the words OF promise
The expenditure FOR salaries and expenses
OF civil departments" Of the indian Govern
me ment Ess K 1905 s,; 90 IN a, round "no I pISmSsrS SIS 800;
So, 900. 900. an average annual salary Of $40;
5000 Eur9sians received % ass 900. an average
ceiyed s2s. see. 900. an average annual salary
Next. a. to the impoverishment OF India by
to quote Mr. Donald smeaton who was for.
merly a member Of the Indian vieeroy's
dresses in. Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scot
la nd In which. while enumerating the abuses
suffered by India from the missovernment,
the, insolent misgovernment under which
, gars rs St az 1ne e'e TO- ~ m0 foiIow spSan .cstbln ns
words:
And isJthis not an indeiible blot upon the British
namel You will admit. ] think. that there must be
something rotten In our government of India when
seven eighths Of the population arc 90 desusuts
'a1, ,s Sssn vans = :es 81 mSS Se% &c s SSH i instantly he collapse
no, enough m ,SI to m NOR than Keep body and soul
YOU'D PERMIT Of . lt su@s saving ing is swsiiowed wp' SS
s ss.a to sn say, sS, 4 has SSy 70 SI Sc s.l sGy .n1 e oasA. to b.
proclaimed from the housetops. Great Britain u 81
S ses n ,f INDIA. a% She ef Is CRUSHING sa' III, ss"i peSD D%% BY tsus .
uon and sitting their protests.
| will only add an excerpt from the Lahore
y yiriSarIG aS OF Ha.y on on, o d9" he 70 im mSstI1's se me ,sd 70
Indian subjects:
One Damodar Kohl was Informed last year
.sst ne +. w %S. ,s nays 20 psS rs rs . 70 Ss 30 D., income com,
lutely beyond his ability 70 raise. He informed
Us Iss . 1%.aST va. ,S SsSG . ang ~ ,s sSs s the S %So. sssq n.S q
~ a,% "a, iSr delaying % n pay r .se ,sI Vas he was unable Ss'
nothing worth taxing away was found in Il. Next
his shop was ransacked, and everything found In IL
rs ssTH%s By the sV sale. Then snI the e' loose house % q fe sss % Sss
was attached and put up At auction. IL fetched
Sz2. Out OF this the Sirkars tCollector'sl dues
-s99 30 Tar and o. DO for d~clsy-were realized. The
balance Is under attachment for the present years
demand.
An object lesson for amateurs in admins
t%rationl When from a man whose stock In
trade is worth 90 cents, and whose house
realizes s2e under the hammer, an income
tax OF 80 can be collected, what are not the
possibilities OF government?
sible that Damodar Kohl Ia one OF those
ungrateful wretches whose forgetfulness Of
British benefactions incurred the mpIed
rebuke quoted at the commencement Of this
letter.
Lndia-2 MYRoN n. PHRLPs.
NEW YoRK. July n.