The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-26
MetEIo dist Church Issues Pro
test Against the Pfesi
dent 5 LaudaHons

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An epep letter hes rem adslr
President Roose yelt n prct
against his recent laaidRtoEst
aterization % British rifle n lndia ~
tie AIetropoli Titan Memorial II tiioFlls
Eplsccpai church IN asaington re
protest has n signers lnefnbs IS
me society for the Advancement All
India and others.
Worse Than Russian nesIlotisn
IN refntation Of the Presldent
fseftion that British rule ia India h d
.colossai success" the letter declarss
that IN tine contrary, II IS q slespetisrn
worse than that Of Russia, as Tar as
possible removed from the ideal of the
government at the head q which he
stands and which he Is suppose to
believe ID and represent The people
of India have no voice whatever n
the management Of their own affairs.
The small number of Indians on g6y-
eminent councils are, with rare exs
iceptlons appointed by the govern
ment Their functions are merely ,ads
visorF They have no power IN the
management Of Indian AFFAIRS Not
d tag can be changed pet rupee Of
the peoples own money apprppriated
for any purpose, however urgent,
iwlthout the consent OF British Off
cials.'
81 imprisonment without Trial. 4
Not only 1T Is alleged saFe the
indian people allowed no part 10
shaping the destiny of their own
country but even freedom Of speech
land of assembly are permitted only
under the seyerest limitations and the
most calling espionage, and freedom
tof the press has been taken away.
Today fully one hundred editors are
serving terms of from three to- ten
years in prison, many OF them with
out trial, without having had opportu-
nifty to defend themselves, Ia not a
few cases without even having been
INFORMED OF the nature Of their OF
tense. The crime almost invariably
charged Is seditfon.' In, India the
mere discussion of reforms Is punish
ed by open or secret imprisonment,
There is no indian home that rs not
liable at any hour Of the day or night
to be forcibly entered and searched
at the instigation Of spying police
Dcspotie Censorship OF Press
IAN Geographic and other news
from India Is closely censored" Ii Is
said, sin the. English Interest," What
is learned by the world Is for the
most part only the Englishyiew. BUT
one in Mr. Roosevelts position, the
protest insists. should have adequate
lly informed himself before undertake
ing to speak ona subject Affecting the
interests OF some three hundred mil
lions Of people. Adequate Information
Is. available, The English Labor Party
isstaking up the wrongs of India, de-
termined that they shall no longer be
ignored. Distinguished and able Eng
lishmen. many Of them members Of
parliament who have also had long
service in India, are, in increasing
numbers. espouslng the cause Of IN
dia, resolved that the truth shah be
known"
sclf-govcrnmcnt Practicable.
The letter insists that to assert, as
the President did. that India Is inca
pable of governing herself is to ..fiy
in the face of history. India governs
cd herself for thousands of years. III
the history OF India, we find empires
as iiiustrious and we'll ordered as any
in Europe" The same objections
were made by the supporters OF Lord
North's government regarding the
American that III LEFT 10
their own direction they would, speeds
| ily fall into mutual strife, anarchy
and ruin" In like manner when
Japan began her modern career 1t
was generally predicted that she could
not carry on government under
modern conditions. AT the time Eng
land first entered India, three hun
bred years ago, the old Mogul Empire
was breaking up, new political and
military adjustments were forming
and the country was in state of unu-
sual turmoil. which gave the Eng
lish their opportunity. But this was
4 teYnnoraY.,, condition anal 49,, !