The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
INDIA IS MOTOR MAD
ALI WHO ARE ABLE TO BUY
 CARS.
The Native Princes Have Seized Upon The Sport With Enthusiasm, and Buy Cars by the
 Dozens.
BY A. R. HoWARp.

buys car. Everyb ody who cannot af- ford sighs for the time to come when the delights of automobilism will not be denied. The native princes are whole hoggers' in the sport, and buy their cars not in mere ones or twos. but by the dozen at a time. And the explanation is simple. India Is an ideal country for motoring. The roads are splendid, the scenery glorious, and in the pon-monsoon season the cli- mate Is just right for motoring en- joyment.. In Bombay. Calcutta. and Madras, the moneyed population has seized upon the new locomotion with avidity, and where, less than five years ago, a motor car was a novelty hun dreds of cars are now careering about the streets.
 Three powerful unions for the pro- motion and protection of motoring in- terests have their headquarters in Bombay. Calcutta and Madras respec- lively: motor exhibitions are annually held in Calcutta and Bombay; relia- bility trials and gymKnanas are of frequent occurrence during the season, while motor tours on the great high ways of the empire are constantly be- ing. organized. India, is indeed, enthu- siastic over the automobile.
 The Indian life Is necessarily of a
 
 1t so. No matter how full of energy the new conner may be. a month or two suffices to knock the bottom out of his strenuousness, and he slackens off like all other Anglo-Indians. And here motoring comes as 6 godsend. It possesses just that amount of sport without. violent exercise which makes it fascinating. It tends to keep one in the fresh air instead of lounging beneath the punkah, and this spells health in an enervating climate. Every motorist declares that motoring has opened out a fresh interest and has made the Indian climate more toler- able.
 The Grand Trunk Road.
 The Grand Trunk Road has the greatest attraction for the motorist or tourist. Anglo-Indians are very proud of it. They declare 1t to be the finest highway In the world. Its en- gineering is magnificent, and its sur face. except in one or two places. be- yond comparison. In addition, 1t pass es through a portion of India full of historical interest The road officially begins up on the fringe of the hills at Peshawar, close to the Afghan from tier. And hence 1t proceeds uninter- ruptedly until Calcutta brings 1t to close-fifteen hundred miles of the best going in the world. It would not be surprising if, in the near future, India should be come a great motor touring ground.
 The Maharajah. of Benares delivered an impressive and interesting address at a public meeting of the citizens of Benares recently. His Highness, In the course of his speech, said: Let us come forward and unite in a common cause. Let us. therefore. rally to the side of the government. to whom we owe all the peace and prosperity which we are enjoying at the present day. and from whom we expect hundreds of such and greater blessings. We are safe from internal dissension and ex ternal depredations. The formidable navy of England is guarding our ex tensive shores. which cost us nothing, and for which purpose other nations are spending millions. The mighty army of the empire is ready to sup plement our brave Indian army to pro- tect us from foreign invasion. We have no other external or internal troubles or anxieties to engage our attention. If under such favorable cir cumstances we do not try to develop our resources and make our country rich and contented, We shall have to thank ourselves, and none else. No country ndB 6NCI OcnCuIcQ Dy dCllH6 against its own government. All re- forms and good can come only through good understanding between the rulers and the ruled. The reforms In Russia and Poland were retarded and check ed by lawlessness and anarchism, and those in Germany ana Austria pro- gressed by loyal cooperation. It is fortunate that England does not set the example of Russia and Persia be- fore 1t in quelling the disturbances. We know what methods were em- ployed by those autocrats to crush the rebellion and the spirit of lawlessness. I ask you, gentlemen, to compare the methods adopted by the British gov ernment in suppressing riots at Bonn bay with those of the French govern ment fin quelling those at Paris. both of which events took place within a few days of each other. In the one firing was taken recourse to as the last resort after every other method failed. while in the other 1t was the only method adopted. In the one the num- Der of dead and wounded came to dozens, while in the other they were counted by hundreds. These instances. if not hundreds of other substantial blessings conferred on us, should be a sufficient reason for us to be thank full to the Almighty for having placed us under the English government"
 India's Material Advantages.
 The development of Indias material resources was strikingly illustrated by the formal opening of the Jhelum pow CT installation near Baramulla, Rash mir, by Sir Francis Younghusband. the British resident, who performed the ceremony at the request of His High ness the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir. A large concourse of ladies and gentlemen. whom the Maharatah had honored by invitations, were enter tained at lunch before the ceremony of opening the works. By request of His Highness Sir Francis switched on the power to one of the generators. and at once the whole generating ma chinery was set In motion. Power at a pressure of 3G000 volts was trans rnitted to Baramulla for the purpose of operating the dredging fleet, which had been constructed there, and to Srinagar for operating the silk factory. Those places are distant twenty and fifty miles, respectively. from the power station. This gigantic under taking originated three years ago, and has been carried to successful issue by the untiring genius of Major de Lotbinlero. c. L, in spite of the most trying obstacles and in a most inac- cessible if strikingly picturesque To- cality.
 New Source of Power.
 Next morning an illustration of the value of the new source of power was afforded at Baramulla ia the presence of His Highness and the resident and an immense concourse of spectators. Eupropean and Indian. in the working of one of the large hydraulic dredgers. the Jammu. This vessel. and her sis ter ship, the Kashmir. can cut a chan