New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
JAPAN LEADING EAST.
India Sending Students There In
stead of to Occident.

One II the most striking features or the present
-rest in India IS the widespread influence Japan IS
beginning 10 WELD throughout the entire empire
.C7-5iuE 20 :. {. X. RUtTnan. the president Of a
,olrese IL Colombo. Ceylon and native high
oae-e Hindu He says that since the Russo-Jap-
.neea War there has been a great exodus Of young
Hindu students TO Japan. Not only have many
Vbo would otherwise have gone to England turned
n Jaran for their instruction but within the last
eighteen months native governments and private
commercial houses even have begun 10 offer annual
sc-o1a-ships fer the study Of technology and sci
ence - the leading universities Of the Mikado S
kingdom
IL Rut-ar. who is a native OF Jaffna, Ceylon,
&c 4 graduate o. Princeton University. we'll as
~ the University OF Madras. While visiting in
FrsIaud in 1894 lie met the late Frances E VII
1s-E and acting her advice he came TO America
s-d studied for three years at Princeton deTotinS
himself especially TO philosophy In 1896 he took
The degree Of Master Of Arts there, ana me mex
yea~ returned TO India and started a boys school
IN colombo. This school has since grown into
: college Win more than TWO hundred students
H i lis president.
.-r-, 1.-THE realize what the late Russo-Japanese
Wy has done TO increase japanese influence
tr-o--hout the East Mr- futnlan tolG a lrioIlIt'
reporter recently. Before that war We no more
thought Of sending students to Janan 1hal 10
China or B-Irrnah. Now all that is changed No1
Only Is Japan always mentioned along VIII = =
i-a and England by Iincus IN speaking % ~.
l. ding nations Of world. hut India Is peg
rtr- see in Janans rapid rise the no.e % - ..
Tx advance for herself and Is using ever l1ea s
g rsrG 10 inbibe the spirit and the nethods ila'
- Helped japan.
n - zz-ael1 before 1 left Colombo over dozen
..,5a--s ~assed through there from several OF the
- -----s Of Cey-Ion. their way 10 japan
sr-a-let ~ --,l.5o 1>,is * represerrative Of the
- a@aE-s all over the empire. OF wfllch
-, = r-l,- q very small part India Is oes4i'-
- - --1---r q great many goods from -s-4''
--r she formerly got from ArlieTlc@ OF i.-.,, So
-z-t-[, ne last twelve months one OF 'le
',-- ,-------To went 20 Japan and made such iaNor-
- a-rsngernents there that on ms 1e-u.aa az. .
,-,,-J - Jsuarese trading company was '---ii-7-
-zit large CGklA14-
- -e-e-7--v. TOO. large TTTn II CoIoIIlOO' II
Ots O-ts--ts & sons furniture dealers. have set out
1- 70 a annual scholarship 10 young S-ng1sIeSe
70 - - .-5fe rf Ceylon) for some technical course
q -.,e-asz university. and study OF the Ilt-li-
me Industry n that country, me 49, 80 - -
-ha- is called the great awakening OF .I--5a - 49,
z. e1-,e-rng technical. and Japan is to-day me
rrsre the progressive young men among N-i7 1
4rs are looking 10 1or ILlls 49,, L..
.-te- +----s-d Or America believe a youhs maj
= - - e4r1~a-ier there about one-half the
- one IN England. and about oIle-lllIu CA
go i would cost him IN this country @ bul a. az
s=i-ir- . this. the natives Of Indla Ieel l'.at
Tsre- which they have always cohs.oeIeo - -
o@.-- .---, 5-<a-io- can advance 50 rapidly IN every
w. India can co the same thing IN my op'.4i, -
N E116Us are as & race aooIl Gn 80. . - : ~
Tsrs- IN moral character, while iIltel!eclLa-Ls
IT, We would be considered. even by foreigners
q - many q the leading men Of Japan
-sze been lect1lr1ng in all parts OF lnc-a oNIl-s
- 7ss- TWO years. especially within the 4as.
-Vra-xe months These men go on 10 zen 1oo-N
lo-s-- ~
-s-io- sc now occupies in the commercial anu
.-5-s---sI world. and they intimate that IlaI :
vsat India can and ought 70 DO IheF are 80
s--a~r They not compromise IileI1lst4Nts' 81
al -he educated men Of India cen see that eVe'y
o,= n these lectures Is delivered Tor pun
These men lay great stress upon lhe Ies ~ "l1--i
49, 7.zis n Japau. And every day these ties are
I,sc7----g stronger Just lately. within the 4ast
fteeu months in fact the professor OF PhlIos0pny
g. Madras University Dr. Samuel Sattinaoilaf1
Uho eye--ed : very strong influence n t.la' pa1t
y India died while visiting Toxic
- Ss--5nahGiu had been n America ana had
'ecr1re5 Al Harvard and Princeton. and was re-
-----5rg rv 1vaE OF Japan for himself what
the condition was there. Just before he dled ne
wrote several letters 70 Madras pointing ouI wa
E vide ore.iug there was in Japan for all classes
~ F55-5-s These letters were printed in the
rape-s al over India HIS large influence IN Inota-
and The cacr that he died III Japan surrounded oy
Jsrs-eea and with almost his last breath advis-
f-r Ts-5-.s 20 profit by the example Of Japan,
cannot he- act a a strong tie between the Two
countries"
NJ Ru-aza called the attention OF the reporter
. the number Of instances in the speeches oe-Iv-
erred a the annual conferences held IN lndia botia
This last year and the year before where Japan
spoken OF il the same breath WIN Europe
and America At last years industrial CONFER
too one Of the principal speakers devoted large
pa-t cf lis time the subject Of japanese agrl-
culture one of the sentences Of his address is
significant. AS Ja-an and everything japanese
IS Just attracting the widest and deepest at
Iericn i India, let Us see what forms 1i-e he"
another speaker at the Indian National Con
gross. held IL Calcutta last December, said:
awakened and Russia Is struggling for eInancipa-
ton can the free citizens Of the British Indian En-
pi-e continue remain subject 10 CespotlsInz
and Sun another sPeaker-R- c Dutt, g / Il, the
Prime Minister Of the Gaekwar OF BaToda- one OF
the large native kingdOrls-goes on TO tell how his
ruler mas sent during the last two years young
students 20 japan at state expense addlns that
his audience would see by that that the ruler OF
barcdz not the least earnest and patr1otlc
among the many earnest and patriotic men VINO
are GevornE themselves today 10 foster ana re-
NlTe he industries Of India
R.ca Ze--.-dars the petty land chiefs. and some
Of -Ee e1-erE-lsir. Parsees who compose q small
progressive community in India especially around
Bombay. according Mr.. Rutman, are sending
Students Japan 10 study Its manufactures All
this mas come about since the Russo-Japalese ar.
TIE local Young Mems Christian Association at
teFiol Ser- q young Ceylonese to Japan 10 study,
and Wien le came back. Mr.. Rutman says. he toId
lis Ceslouese friends that the regeneration OF
Ceylou could never be complete until Japan had
done her work IN CeyloE-'
L myself look upon this increase Of japanese IN
fuence India with anything but pleasure. SAID
lii. Rut-uan In fact. I have prepared a lecture
= deliver either hare or in England on the SUD
Jet Cf Japan as "A menace 10 the peace OF tIle
World India has much learn from the lnous-
t-1sI and commercial development Of Japan, but
We il India look upon . war between Japan and
The United states as merely a matter OF time IT
VIII probably he 2 number Of years Vet before II
Will come but we believe II viii come eventually