The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-26

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compare at all In loss OF life with
the wars OF Napoleon: neither does
Indian history show ANYTHING that In
anarchy and violence equals tho Reign
OF Terror In France" AS to disturb.
ances between Hindus and Mohamme.
dams. these have lived side by side
without conflict for hundreds of years
at a time. 1t Is asserted, under both
Hindu and Mohammedan rulers. and
, there has at no time been anv greater
hostility between them than between
Roman Catholics and Protestants In
Europe
The British Are birds Of Prey
The letter goes on 10 fatty contra,
dict the presidents claim that Eng
land does not draw penny from India
for English purposes, and likens tho
presence Of Englishmen In India to
I that OF the 'carpet-baggers" In the
south. "Englishmen in India aften
speak OF themselves as birds OF pas.
sage. Edmund Burke, that great and
| just Englishmen, called them birds Of
| passage and Of prey The people thug
| 'plundered' and deprived OF the rights
which In justice belong TO all civil.
lied men. are not barbarians. obscure
people without past. They are AIRY
ans, Of the same race with Greeks and
Romans, Germans and Englishmen.
| Their civilization Is one of the most
/ ancient in tho world They have given
to the world two OF the great historic
religions and philosophers as profound
as any that have proceeded from the
mind Of. man. They have created
literature which ranks with the liter
! atures OF Greece and Rome. England
and Germany. AS Lord Curzon him
self said: Powerful empires fourished
in India while Englishmen were still
wandering painted an the woods. In
dia has left a deeper mark upon the
history, philosophy and religion of
mankind than any other territorial
unit In the universe
lmpoverIshment by England.
| These are the people who year after
year are forced to contribute of their
poverty TO England's wealth Ave-
nues through which this tribute Is
drained are enumerated as % Rich
pensions received by retired English
officials; (2) Salaries OF English Of
flcials in India, the highest paid In
the world: CD Business profits sent
| to England by Englishmen In India
Englishmen who are charged with hav-
Ing deliberately destroyed Indian en-
terprises for the purpose Of supplant-
ing them; (D Large remittances to
England by the Indian government for
military stores, equipment and arms
used in India partly for purposes of
defence against possible woes. but
much moro to hold the Indian people
themselves surely in subjecuon;" t5)
Interest on English investments made
in India, most of them not desired
by India or for her beneflt"-merely
forms of exploitation.
The annual tribute thus paid by In.
dia to England Is rated at from $685.
100000 to Sl50,00O,000.
1000 Per Cont Salt Tax
The letter asserts that according
to her ability To pay, India Is taxed
by her foreign rulers more than twice
as heavily as England and more heav.
| lily than any country In the world. The
! tax on salt alone has reached 1000 per
| cent of its cost price England is bur
| dening starving people with the pay
ment of wars carried on outside OF
India. Some OF them as far away as
Africa" The letter also asserts that
| the terrible famines In India are not
caused by any lack Of food. but by
| an abject poverty brought about by
British rule. England is charged with
spending on her army and strategic
railways the peoples own money,
| needed and demanded by them for
| education. The government actually
spends on education not more than
three cents year per head. Only one
| l. 81, far o1n IN
| 144 Gun read or write. and this after
hundred and fifty years of British
supremacy,
Railroads Controlled In British Interest
AS to railroads and IRRIGATION works
In India, Indian taxes. it Is protested,
paid for these; that, taking India as
a whole, there has been shameful
neglect OF irrigation" and that the
railroad policy of India Is controlled
wholly by the prospect Of strategic
value and financial return to England.
1t Is England primarily that profits
by these roads; they are In the hands
Of Bnglishmeh, and the revenues de-
rived from them go into the pockets
OF Englishmen; they are built where
they Will benefit the English.
not where they will most ben
eft the people of India. Had the
government spent on irrigation one
half the money spent on railways
which the country did not need. or
quarter part OF what has been squan-
dered In military expenditure. famine
might have been today thing un-
known In India
Reform In India" the letter coii-
cludes. is England's great and press
Ing duty, and can not be much longer
evaded or deferred"