Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

! scarcely likely To slT6IlSIHGt the posi-
tion of the loyal section of the edu-
Gated classes. I
! The Statesman's comment is signif-
cant, inasmuch as in the past it has
| always fought the battle of the natives
and held the authorities alone to blame
for the prevailing unrest, disaffection
and crime.
Tells Benefit of Boycott
| At a Swadeshi meeting held the other
| day to further the boycott movement
and celebrations a speaker laid stress
on the fact that the boycott benefited
| India. Why, he said, should the ma
tives Loyalty support the government
which is imprisoning or deporting in
nocent persons? The only way to make
the government feel the power of the
| people was vigorously to enforce the
| boycott. The partition of Bengal would
never be modified until a widespread
use of this weapon against British
manufactures and goods compelled the
authorities to give way.
The Dhingra assassinations In Eng
| land continue to form one of the chief
topics of discussion throughout India.
A well known Mohammedan of Aligarh
deals with the topic in letter to the
press. Events of the past two years,
he declares, and this terrible crime in
! in particular, clearly show that "along
with the plague, famine and other de-
vastating calamities our country is face
to face with this new danger-a danger
which outweighs all the others in seri-
Gus and far-reaching consequences.
EVERY honest and patriotic Indian
should now be prepared to contribute
his share in the work of combating the
| growing evil, and it behooyes us all
| calmly and carefully to consider its
nature and extent and to devise proper
means for protecting our students from
the contagion of this fell disease. The
question then is: What can we do? In
my humble judgment the establishment
| of the bureau of Indian students, as
well as of the advisory committee in
London. is most opportune and points
us the way in which we can take care
in this important and necessary work.
"Those who know India and her peo-
| pie and their present temper must
know that the main object in this mat
ter should be to keep the heads and
hearts of our students free from those
ideas which tend to poison their minds
and distcrt their judgment"
English Distrusted
OF all this trouble the writer finds
! the root cause in the tendency to dis
| trust the English, which appears to in
| feet the minds of the younger genera
tion. Nothing can be more serious
and unfortunate than this, and 1t
should be our determined object to cor
rect a wrong and mischieVous notion.
| The only effective means of securing
this end is to bring our students into
| contact with Englishmen whose out
ward conduct and attitude correspond
| with the warmth of their hearts and
the breadth of their minds, who have
real sympathy with the growing aspir-
ations of the Indian people.
II firmly believe those Englishmen
in India who are entrusted with the
education of Indian students have a
great and noble work before them and
can confer a lasting benefit on our
country only if they would seek to win
the hearts of their pupils This can
| only be done by giving actual proof, in
their dealings with their pupils of that
genuine regard for their welfare and
| advance which have made the names of
| Beck, Arnold and Morrison so dear to
| the hearts of the Indian Mussulmans
AN English professor who wishes to
| impress the greatness of his nation and
country on his Indian pupils by meaehs
of reserve and aloofness is quite unfit
for the work which he desires to ac-
eomplish. He should regard himself
| as a missionary, and should not betray
| in his treatment of his pupils his con-
| sciousness of the fact that he belongs
to the ruling race and they to the
ruled
The Indian Nation comments as fol-
lows:
colonel Wyllle's and DR. Laleara's
| assassination cannot but have a disas-
trous effect on the liberal policy of
Lord Morley and Lord Mimic. Follow
| ing, as it did, the meeting of the i'm
| perial press conference, when a most
favorable impression had been created
| on Indian questions, there will be a
reVulsion of feeling which will be cor
respondingly to our disadvantage. The
path of Indian administrative reform
! has been arduous enough, but these
criminal fanatics will apparently per-
sist in tying the hands of our friends
here and at home.
Work of Years Undone
| "a deed such as this dastardly double
murder undoes the work of years and
brings in its trail consequences which
effect a whole nation. Who can blame
Lord Morley or the government OF
India for being tired of well doing,
or Lord Curzon and Anglo-Indians for
| clubbing us seditionists and traitors?
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