The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-02-01
4ABA BAARAH

ton and oppression by foreign hands
and that new Monroe doctrine will
be called into being and the Orient
will be for the orientals alone.
The western coast Just now ID
aroused over the Hindu PERIL" ~ It
IL called. Hundreds, even Thousands.
Of Hindus are coming across the Pa
ctfic. and the western states and west
ern Canada fear . very deluge. So
great has been the feeling In some
places that the white laborers have
driven the dusky invaders out. a. tho
Chinese were sent forth from certain
western cities In early days. But
Baba Bharati declares there Il NO such
tAipg ~ the Hindu Peril" It 70
rather the Japanese Peril on this
side of the Pacific. or the ."White
Perit' on tho other side Of the pecan. !
Tho Hindus that come 70 the
American shore are really not Hindus
In the common acceptance Of the
term: rather they are half Hindus.
sikhs from Upper India, with differ:
emit religion and different IDEAS" said
Baba Bharati in an interview had
with him ut the Hotel Etander Just be-
fore the Minnesota sailed. He contin-
ued: There is NO cause to fear an
invasion. for only few Of the sikhs
will come. And they are not an az
grsssive people. II they ind they are
not wanted they will not cross the Pa
cific. There 10 no cause to fear"
Tho Hindu philosopher and sage
talked for an hour or more on this
western world we know, his eastern
world. religion. literature, modern
coalitions, his own life and expert
ences, his hopes. ambitions, and made
predictions OF such amazing nature
regarding the future readjustment Of
relations across the Pacific ~ to
startle any person who thinks on the
shadows that portend coming events.
In this interview he summed up q mes
sage he wished to convey in farewell
to the America he is leaving.
Spirituality Not for Sale.
"The New York Herald gave me and
my mission most helpful publicity, and
then followed my first success since
leaving my own shores. was to
lecture. Thirty persons came to hear
me, and when had finished speaking
they placed upon the table $50 in
money. l almost wept. Then I ex-
planned that Hindu cannot take coin
for sustenance he gives either to the
body or the soul. One can travel all
through my country without being
able to buy cooked food, and spiritual
ity IL not for barter and sale. either.
"This was merely the mistake Of
commercialized America. These New
Workers. thought, in their simple way.
that money could pay for anything.
Yet l found them warm hearted and
altogether lovable. Just as all other
Americans are. When they can be
halted for few moments in their
mad pursuit of gold they have admir-.
able natures, md.
1.-THE trouble with America 10 that 1t
ID building on q material plane. 1t
il making tremendous progress In all
things material, but we Of the Orient
understand the spiritual. We live not
for to-day, but for all time, and when
you forget the soul, ~ you do. you are
making sad mistake. Your modern
'Churchianity' Is spelling your Chris.
tianity. Your ministers Of the gospel
want more spirituality. They do not
elevate themselves above the level Of
the visible. material world. Your
much Wanted progress counts for
naught.
"You look At life on the surface;
We OF the Orient look 1t It In it, depth.
in the cool and quiet places, whsrs
there IL no turbulence and 10 mad