The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-03-14
Events Go to Show That England is Fast
Losing Prestige Among Her Millions
of Asiatic Subjects.
Maddened by Famine and Overtaxation, the
Natives of India Are on the March
Toward Revolution.

The Chicago Examiner. under date
of March LIST, contains the following
cable dispatch from London:
In a mass meeting of Hindoos held
here last night to protest against the
men in the Transvaal sevcra, speakers
predicted that trouble was coming in
India.
India is rapidly marching toward
revolution. Only Il disciplined army
now holds the people in check; a break
down Of that army or any external
shock to British authority will bring
t lie bureaucratic fabric Of British rule
in Hindoostan to the ground.
Recent events show that England
has lost her prestige among the 30o,
900. 900 Aslatic subjects. The natives
now adopt Il contcmptuo,ls and even
nenacng attitude toward their Euro
pcan masters. Tho attempt to murder
q. 9. Allen, a. magistrate Of Decca
sent a shock of anxiety through Eng
land.
| Shortly afctrward tho unrest in East
crn Bengal eliminated in nm armed at
| tack upon n patrol Of policemen. Riots
followed the rctallatory raid OF tho
police on the town of Myscnmingh
The police, say the natives, looted the
shops and beat the people. Panic has
since prevailed.
The London newspapers c!Gclare that
India is "a tremble with scdition"
The natives arc completely losing
their old-timc servile respect for their
conqucrors. Once they skipped from
the sidewalks MS tho white man stallscd
along. Now they hold their ground
| and grimace CONTEMPORARY. English
| women. 10 longer guarded by the mys-
tic onnipotencc of the I;r.tish, fear
to go out alone. Even officials arc in
suited.
Henry Labouchere, M. r., prints in
Truth a letter from an Indian
which gives some idea of the state of
| affa IRIS. The writer says:
"rhe nearer ono gets to large VII
| lagos or towns the more frequent are
the instances Of rudcness and insult
An instance Of an atroci3us yet very
Oh ia, I'll =,
| certain districts, is that as a native
passes you Oh the road he hawks and
spts with great vchcmence snd JUNCTION
meaning thereby to express his disgust
| at the pollution Of the atmosphere by
your presence"
| The Anglo Indian complains that the
old way of settling such affairs with n
kick or with cane is no longer tolcr-
ated in India. The native who ~
mcnt humbly, now drags tho aggressor
| into court, and generally wins his case.
India, however, is not relying on in
suits az her weapon. The real weapon
| Is "SWadC5hf."
"Swadeshi' is to India what Sim
F'ein is to Ireland. India, say its ad
| herents, can effect her dGiiverance by
passive resistance and by systematic
boycott Of British goods. "Swadeshi'
is making rapid progress, especially in
Calcutta, and has already led to a
widespread boycott Of British made
cottons and hardware.
! With "Swadeshi" is "Swaraj" or
home rule. and what it means exactly
is best shown by the words Of Mr..
Tilak, it's advocate:
I'VE desire to make India autono.
nous and absolutely free from British
control"
! England is now thoroughly alarmed
about India, all the more so because
she is beginning to recognize that the
new state OF affairs is the result of
her own blundsvs.
The "Swadeshi'' movement was the
direct result of the monstIous partition
OF Bengal by Lore Curzon, who was