The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

gree from the University of Calcutta.
or other English scholastic iustitu-
tion. commands q higher price In the
marriage market than, his more ignor-
ant fellow, he IL protected by his
family from the disgrace OF manual
labor. ne 10 liberal In politics and q
conservative In religion. and he always
wants q government Job. Even a
student who has failed to pass the
examinations assumes the degree of
It. B. A." meaning Failed Bachelor
OF Arts and his father demands q
higher price from the father OF the
girl who seeks his near-soholarly hand
In. marriage.
The epidemic Of anarchy. ssdition
and assassination of the recent period
or unrest has found its origin in this
English-speakin highly educated,
discontented class of natives. This
same class also has produced the
Indian Judges. lawyers, writer's and
statesmen who are now being given
q hand and voice In the remoulding of
the Empire. In this educated class,
numbering about q million In the
soo.o0o,000 of the total. population.
there Is an active and militant ma
tional spirit. But unfortunately 1t is
divided by the religious quarrels of
the Hindus and Mohammedans, and Is
limited by the supreme Indian instinct
Of caste.
The greater number of the educated
Indians are Bengalis. and the unrest
has found its expression In Bengal to
greater extent than in any other
section of India. Bengal. before the
partition into the two provinces of
Bengal and Eastern Bengal recently
ordained. had an area about that of
Texas AMI q popultion equal to that
OF the United states. The partition In
1905 Followed close upon the heels of
the Russo-Japanese War. The educat-
ed Bengalis were eIated by the victory
of an Asiatic power over great ma
ton of Europe. and when their SEN
tfmental provincial patriotism was out
ragged by the partition they began the
campaign OF agitation having for its
slogan india for the Indians" The
result Of that agitation was to hurry
the British government to partly full
I'll its promises to give the Indians a
larger share in the work Of govern
ment.
At present, and until modified by
the Reform Scheme" which cannot be-
come operative until 1910 or later.
the English so far as law-making AMI
policy Is concerned. although the
minor administrative Offices are most
ly filled by natives. The Secretary of
States for India, In the British cabi-
net. with his council. forms the india
Office" In London. Through that
agency. the British parliament makes
laws for India. These laws. are
specific only when pertaining to i'm
ment. the British laws are general
in scope and are subject to amplifica-
ton by regulations. The Viceroy and
the Vice-regal executive council make
the regulations.
The interior legislation ia enacted
by the Imperial Legislative Council.
and the legislative councils OF the
seven great provinces into which Brit
ish India Is divided. At present the
Lieutenant Governor OF the province
in which the council sits, Bengal when
the capital Is at Calcutta in the win
ter and Punjab when II is at Simla in
the summer, the commander-in-c chief
OF the army and the members OF the
executive council. These eight men,
bers sit by virtue OF their higher Of
flee. Then there are eleven members
nominated by the viceroy not more
than six of whom may be officials, and
five other members who are elected,
one each by the legislative councils
of Madras. Bombay. Bengal. the United
Provinces. and the Bengal Chamber
of Commerce. This is the imperial
body which will be enlarged and ex-
tended by the Morley Reform Scheme
Some OF the provincial councils have
u few members elected by associations
of lanj-hoiders. merchants, or other
classes. But in each case the British
official membership 10 in the majority
In both the imperial and the provin-
cial councils. the non-official mem
bers are usually natives. but they are
not chosen in such fashion as to make
them representative in any sense.
But in no case has the native ele-
ment the power to do anything be-
yond making suggestions. The British
have kept all the actual power in their
own hands. The educated Indians are
share In the power. as
well as In the emoluments, of govern
ment. Not until the necessities of
party politics in England forced the
hand OF Lord Morley, was there a ma
tive Indian In the vice-regal official
cabinet Mr. s. p. Sinha. appointed
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