The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-09

"Hs-ho~ Engiahu 1Ot tlafkS
Of India-An Empire With 400
States and Three Hundred Million
People-The Real RuIers-CaI-
cutta Is q Modern City-A Great
National Museum-A Giant Ban
yam Tree-Characterist of a
Strange People.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Calcutta, India, Aug. 2S, 1909.
India liz one ov the great big coun-
tries ov the world so far az popula-
tion goes. An hit liz a great country
in way. The people air very smart
an very ignorant. 1t IL q country
where great wealth abounds an
where extreme poverty IL the pre-
vailing evil; where a few ov the
people air smarter than lightning
an the masses do not know anything
worth KNOWN.
DR.. Alexander Duff once sed No
other realm in the East can present
such a varied assemblage of rare
combinations of objects and qualities
fitted to attract and arrest the eye.
who can describe the majesty of
her mountains? Her plains are
well-nigh illimitable. Her mighty
rivers issuing from the everlasting
hills, pour their waters into two
oceans. There is tndescribable
charm about her cities, teeming with
life, the life of the Orient, where
prince and beggar, palace and hut
are in strange juxtaposftion."
So you see me an the learned doc
tor nearly agree. The main differ
ence IL that I told hit awl in a few
plain North Carolina words while
tn educated traveller gouged out sew
eral pages ov dictionary an then
wound up with a word that looks
like late addition to a French bill
ov fare. But the worst ov awl, he
quit rite then an there. I am goin'
to tell you something erbout India,
somethin' you probably didn't know.
India Is bounded on one side by
the waters ov the Indian Ocean and
the Arabian Sea. She IL joined by
an near to the boundaries ov China,
Russia and Arabia. The country liz
divided by historians into four parts:
Eastern India, Hindu India, Moham-
medan India, and Western India.
But hit liz awl India. Ar India an
awl her riches an her three hundred
millions ov people awl belong to Eng
land, little spot ov ground a long
lation ov about forty millions. II
the people ov India had been az
smart az the English; IL they had
owned a great navy and a great
army, India would be free and an
independent country today. But we
hev large number ov cranks in the
United States who oppose an army,
who detest a strong navy. They
would hev us stand with our hands
tied an allow some greedy foreign
our shores that would forever put
the stars an stripes out ov business
an fasten upon us government
that might be, an probably would
be, far worse than what we now hev.
Away with opposition to a strong
navy. Political fools an ignorant
fools should leave such matters to
men with brains. Two-thirds of the
editors an politicians in the United
States who rant an fuss erbout an
oppose a good navy don't know the
difference between a warship an a
keg of mackeral. A lot ov them
discuss perlitical matters an even
international affairs when they don't
know what county lies next to the
county they happen to live in.
The English got foothold in In
dia durin' the year 1000. A COM
pany called the East India Com
pany" wuz formed in England and
that company got awl that hit want
ed in the way of special privileges.
Hit gradually dickered with the
rulers ov India until the company
had awl hit wanted. In protecting
the rights ov her citizens the English
government gradually got military
control ov the entire domain.
India liz now divided into 460
States the largest, Hyderabad,
Eavin' a population ov eleven mil
lions ov people. Each ov these
States liz ruled by a native prince.
But az in ether English-governed ter
ritory throughout the world, English
men air behind the whole business
an the native rulers air only jump
in'-jacks who dance when the strings
air pulled. The real ruler ov India
today air the Earl OF Mimic, who IL
now the Viceroy. He liz brainy
man: a thorough Englishman. He Ia
assisted by Governor Frazer, the
chief executive of the province oi
Bengal, by Governor La Touch, CHIEF
executive ov the United Provinces on
Agra and Oudth, with Governor Lam
ington, chief executive ov the Bonn
bay presidency, which comprise:
| three ov the largest States in India
In addition, many other lesser of
ficials assist in administerin' govern
ment affairs In India, awl of which
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