The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

have convinced the wideawake East Indians that
England is endeayorng TO tighten the riyets that
hold India In slavery to the little European island
nation The agreement made by the English with
the Japanese four years ago essential cond-
tion Of which Is that japan shall help quell any
internal disturbance I'm India, also has opened the
eyes of the enlightened East Indians to the fact
that they absolutely Off their land I'm their
own country and paying rent to foreigners
their native allies.
WEARS ago Meredith Townsend an Engllshman
wrote in his book. Asia and Europe: There
white servants, not even groOms, no white
policemen. no white postmen, white anything.
If the brown man struck for a week, the empire
would collapse like house of cards, and every
ruling man would be starving prisoner in his
house"
The time is fast approaching when the brown
man will strike. Mr. BAL Gangadhar Tilak the
renowned Indian leader and the father of the
Indian nationalist movement who has Just been
exiled from India for six years by the ruling power
account of his espousal of the cause of his
countrypeople. recently ohalked out the follow
ing program for the natives of India 60 follow
1--WE shall not give the government assistance
to collect revenue and keep peace. We shall not
assist them in lighting beyond the frontier or
outside India with Indian blood or money. We
shall not assist them in carrying the admins.
tration of justice. We shall have own courts,
and If the time comes, we shall not pay any
taxes"
An intense hatred for being contemptuously
treated by the arrogant whites; the denial OF the
nalienable right taxation without representa-
ton; and the misappropriation of billions of East
Indian dollars have aenated the educated Indians
from their English rulers and imbued them with
volcanic desire to substitute themselves I'm place
Of the despised aliens The illiterate masses nat
urally look up to their educated countrymen for
guidance. and have likewise developed hatred for
the British bureaucracy. They, too, slowly
beginning TO dimly realize that with the Teent-
less grip of the Englishman constantly at the
countrys throat, it cannot but wither and die.
This realization is bringing the peoples animos-
ity to head. AS Il approaches the bursting point
IL menacingly bodies that in course OF time the
peninsula will some day be the OF a
race war unparalleled in the annals of the
world
II OW unstable life i'm India has come to be inferred
- from the fact that not many months since
nine leading men OF the province of Bengal
literally snatched from their homes and carried
away in captivity, hundreds OF miles from their
places of residence. No explanation has yet
been offered TO why the myrmidons of the
claw" pounced upon these leaders of India nor
have these men been given the opportunity -
defend themselves before public private court
of Justice One of the gentlemen who have been
thus summary deported is Mr.. Krishna Kumar
Mitra, editor of the Sanjibahi, powerful native
organ of Calcutta. Mr.. Mitra Is professor in the
City college. lie is the uncle Of Arabinda Chose.
now trial charged with being the father of the
terrorist movement in India Mr.. Mitra organized
his nephew's defense He also advocated the boy
colt of the British government-which is live
movement and which, for evident reasons the
British government Is doing its best to put down.
Another of the deportees is Aswani Kumar Dutt,
who has founded a college in Bengal and who
saved thousands Of lives during recent tamines.
Mr.. Dutt is pious man and is credited with be-
ing the most powerful man i'm his district
Many instances of the instability of life are
furnished by public speakers Hou Lal Varma
has been lately consigned to rigorous imprison.
ment for six years. He charged with sending
a telegram offensive to the English government.
There at least Of East Indian public
lists who undergoing jail sentences vary
ing from year to life terms for having writ
ten spoken words distasteful to the rulers In
fact IL may be said without exaggeration that,
during these days of political stress and storm in
the oOnntry eYerY East Indian pmblic man feels