The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-26

India for English purposes, and iik-
ems the presence of Englishmen in In
dia to that of the ''carpet-baggers"
| in the South. "Englishmen in India
often speak of themselves as birds Of
passage. Edmund Burke, that great
and just Englishman, called them
birds of passage and prey The peo-
pie thus 'plundered' and deprived of
the rights which in justice belongs
to all civilized men, are not barbar-
ians, obscure people without past.
They are one of the greatest nations
of history. Many of them are AIRY
ans, of the same race with Greeks
and Romans, Germans and English
men. Their civilization is one of
the most ancient in the world. They
have given to the world two of the
great historic religions and philoso-
phies as profound as any that have
proceeded from the mind of man.
They have created. a literature which
ranks with the literatures of Greece
and Rome, England and Germany.
AsLord Curzon himself said: "Pow-
erful empires flourished in India
while Englishmen were still wander
ing painted in the woods. India has
left a deeper mark upon history,
philosophy and religion of mankind
than any other territorial unit in the
universe"
ImpOverishment by England.
These are 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 Cd Rich
pensions received by retired English
officials; CD Salaries of English Off
Gals in India, the highest paid in
the world; CD Business profits sent
to England by Englishmen in India
Englishmen who are charged with
having deliberately destroyed Indian
enterprises for the purpose of sup
planting them; (4) Large remittances
to England by the Indian govern
ment for military stores, equipment
and arms used in India partly for
purposes of defence against possible
foes, but much more to hold the In
dian people themselves surely in
subjection;" go Interest on Eng
lish investments made in India most
of them not desired by India or for
her benefit" -merely forms of ex-
ploitation."
The annual tribute thus paid by
India to England is rated at from
1925, 100000 to $150,000.000.
1000 Per Cent 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
heavily than any country in the
world. The tax on salt alone has
reached 1000 per cent of its cost
price. England is burdening a
starving people with the payment of
wars carried on outside Of India,
"some of them as far away as Afri-
ca" 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 stra-
tegic railways the peoples own
money, needed and demanded by
them for education. The govern
ment actually spends on education
not more than three cents per year
per head. Only one male in nine
al one female in every 144 can read
or write, and this after a hundred
all fit wears of British supremacy.
Railroads Controlled in British In
terest
AS to railroads and irrigation
works in India, Indian taxes, II Is
pl otested, paid for these; that, "tak-
ing India as a whole, there has been
a 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. it is England primarily
that profits by these roads. they are
in the hands of Englishmen and the
revenues derived from them go into
tle pockets Of Englishmen; they are
built where they will be OF moss
advantage to the English, not where
they will most benefit 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 heen suuandered in mill