Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-26

be found at work the leaven of a new
 spirit of progress and independence
 Japan has done things, and the neigh boring countries all through Asia art sitting up and taking notice. China is awakening, or rather awakened and is rapidly modernizing her life industrially, commercially and intel lectually, as well as remodeling heI army, and navy along the most up-to date lines, and the other adjacent countries are feeling the influence oi such movement, in fact, so general is this new spirit manifesting itself that 1t is being referred to as Pan-Oriental ism.
 It has cropped out in India, the country over which Great Britain has ruled so long, with such pride, and shall we say, so well, for there is nc question but that in many respects British administration in India has been enlightened and beneficial. But in spite of this and perhaps as re suit of the enlightenment and the ed ucational work which Britain has wrought, India iH beginning to feel a spirit of unrest. She has wrought under the hand of master; now she wants to have the chance to show what she can dc for herself.
 It would be impossible to convince any Britisher in or out of India that the chief aim and effect of British rule have not been and are not now for the advantage of the natives; and 1t is not easy to refute the long estab- lished presumption, even if one were disposed to undertake the task, which l am not. In its more obvious mani. festations the government is excellent, It's general administration being un- usually efficient and free from petty official corruptions. All this is com. mon knowledge Since she abandoned the attitude of eonqueror for that of pacificator. England's treatment of the natives of all classes has been generally beneficent and humane:
 Let us take conditions as they are, and the natives are dissatisfied with the conditions. Most dissatisfied of all, as a rule. is the educated native. He may hold good job, as jobs go in h. dia. may be a judge or sub-governor. hut he knows that always above him is a man not a native of the country Cat least in racial sense) in whom the real and final authority is vested. India is progressing. but Indians are not at the helm.
 While many Indians have developed e capacity in modern erudition not excelled anywhere. there has grown up a large class of half.educated per. sons. usually called babus. These babus fill the minor government posi- tions, are the clerks. salesmen. book. keepers. telegraphers. stenographers, and so forth of commerce and indus. try. Many babus are of mixed blood. through alliances between foreigners and natives. thus acquiring some of the prestige of the white race while retaining close touch with the oriental.
 The babus are the visible cause of the present agitation. and it is through them that the virus has extended to the people. The exact origin of this particular wave or unrest is hard to trace. How long l. has surreptitious- ly percolated and smoldered under the crust which separates the ruling class from the mass cannot be definitely es. tablished. Indeed. when has it ever ceased to smolder? But 1t began to attract attention something over a year ago. when an agitation was begun through the native press for the gen. eral improvement of the natives. and the extension Of their opportunities. The movement appeared entirely to lack, in the beginning. concerted effort and object, but was directed at what. ever trivial or important condition or act of the government presented a tar. get for the moment.
 The serious attention of the gov. ernment and Anglo-IndIan press was first attracted by what is known as the "Swsdishi" movement. This was an attempt by the Hindus to boycott British goods. At first. like the boy colt of American goods in China. the matter was treated rather as a joke: but as time passed 1t continued and began to spread to other parts Of the county It is not pertinent here to discuss the commercial effect of this boycott. which Is still undetermined. for this speedily became oyershadow. ed by political phases.
 An educated Hindu of Calcutta had this to say regarding the native com plaint:
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