The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-19
DISMAL VIEW OF THE HINDU
LIAR AND MiLCONTENT. SAYS
4 NAV FRON TINE PTNJAB.
Hardly the "GIorined NiEker' Of kipiinE
England HAS Done well by Him. hut
Doesn't Always Note ltis supersensi.
tINeneSs -LAWD ers sedition breeders.

from one who IL neither an Englishman
nor "A Hindu nor an American who has
made "A hurried flight from Calcutta 20
BOMBAY and feels qualified to tell all
about the subject that u puzzling England.
OF a different class u Theodore C. Mailer.
a rug manufacturer OF Amritsar. who u
now IN town
Mr. Mailer il a viennese who has spent
eighteen years in India. The city where he
lives is in the PunjAb and Is known a.
one Of the -hotbsds OF seditiou.- From
Amri,sar came the young Hindu who
murdered Sir William Cur,on wyllie. a
former m"mher OF the Indian Govern
ment m London a few months ago.
-Amntsar- Mr. Mailer said at the
WolCott yesterday, is city Of l62. 600
p.,ople. only between thirty and forty OF
them Europeans. Impressions gathered
10y Americans on burned trips are hound
To- h" wrong. Their opinions are Of about
as much weight as mine would he on
political conditions IN New York. In
spite OF tho long time I have spent among
the natives ! do not profess TO under
stand them. hut I think ! have learned
some things.
One frequently hears the opinion
tha; England has not given the Indians
a square deal. hut justice IL due England
for what she has done in India and u doing
Grievances against her usually simmer
down to nothing
4 have made II my business to ask
natives of all castles what their grievances
arr and none has told me-. Why. rs or VI
Isr cent. Of the population Of India does
not even know that such a thing a. the
American continent exists and ~ content
IN It's ignorance. Tha malcontsnts arr
tho-.' the Government has trained az
resulting tremendous cost II has educated
them AZ the Government colleges IN
Western science and thought. and the
whole mind Of IN" native has IN conse
quanca t-Come unbalanced.
II the AsIatIC studies he Is not bane-
fitted hy IT. he tNcomes a mere store
house NJ book banning hut without mind
and character Being easily impressed
he taxes literally everything h" reads
because ne -s-ns II IN PRINT. no matter how
great a Eophistry or false hood u may he
he mas no sense II humor and threshe-
out nothing for himself II a writer says
that regicidr ~ necessary the Indian
reader grasps that idea. clIngs TO Il and
sites mis- authority.
over and over again | have asked
highly educated natives Why do you
hate th. Government which IL your great
tenefactor and protector'' The reply
invariably. when | can get reply. IL.
We arr not getting the recognition that
W. ought We have studied and have
raSSrd the same tests As members Of the.
evil --rvic,, Why - II that the civil
should W. have Enghshmen over US
India for tho Indians We don want any
fpn,'l IN officials
II sugge-t that Enghsh oficiaIs come
out u th- country without preJtldic.s 81 |
caste or religion and that HindlIs. Pariahs, !
-. AZ amt MohAmm~tans cannot IN INDIA |
deal fairly by each other they admit |
thai Eughshm-n are host for the courts |
fduCatiun To- the Hindu a. imply means |
getlug qualified - fill a Government
Job. n" wants to get such immediately
or h"COtn" an anarchist
The u.asor. IN my opinion. why Amrt-
sar u a centre 1T -edIuon and political
unrest u b-CAu--' 81 the extraordinary
uumh-T II lawyers there. The Plnjabi
- never happy except when he has a law
-uIt On ann IN" lawyers foster this spirit
Won nav" "A lot of hindus IN the United
states. ami mr-t IT them ara sedItlon
furng, - Apparently The rules against
n.. adrni--iuu 1t und"-,Tabl. aliens have
Meyer sen made - apply to them.
IN" lndIans who are agltators aim
al ma'.ly az nothing else than To turn
thu English uut II India IL YOU ask them
now they ar" going tp do u they will
LAY thy don't know Then II you pun
tnrn down 90 TACT, they will tell you
that thy really don't want England 60
~, ont II India. h"cau--' II she did they
y uuid nav. no chance to start sedIuon.
lu"y want tn" protection IT IN" pohc.,
~ m" British Government so that they
.tr plot hIEh TREASON They enjoy all
~, liberties Il m" West through British
'uI' which guards them against the
NurIi amt each other. and they 20 on
making pl"t' which can accomplish
nothing
have no doubt that the Government
.r u'-'uC'IUg ia" hh-riy ~ the Indian
rr.-~ has don" something - allay un-
r,..' tor dWh.l" ANY AsIatIC. II liberties
49,. gwen hun. will h-.Cotn" impossible
tud 'uat ha, teen IN" way with their
pi"-s
-, think Kiphng has Judged the
IiIuu. correctly Well We EuroIeans
= hu Ilv,. Their. Nuow that NO one who -
lrt born tud ur''i ~ India can hook into
l" uatIN" rf" hk" kipling. So foreigners 4
h"rr . arrears thar kiplinR has drawn
.r' cu""riul "a picture " the Indian.
making hIm sort II glorIhed niger
\ HiIdu cannot tell the truth II he
rIrs except 10y mistake, and you can
rust him only ~ lac feels II Is TO his ad-
antaga for you 60 do ~ | have to
naka u worth the while Of my EMPLOYEES
or then, To- i'a Trustworthy II a native ,
'annpt improve his position ny betrayinR
ruu h" - ~ not do u. hut II he can make /
Ia. .,ruvalsnt - five cents by 50 doing I
10. never hesitatss. lie wastes no polite /
ness II. would rather he rude II there IL |
up ash return for III" other.
Aud vet ~ ~ not 40 very hard 10 win |
ne confidence" 10 a native. BY instinct i
and training he - q liar. lie cannot tell ,
N" truth. Vet from white man he |
Expects and usually finds out there l
honesty and traiRhtforwardness
man with whom | had been dealing /
Tor years broke all his promises I asked I
him II h" had ever found me breaking a .
promise Certainly not. he replied /
Then why do YOU not keep yours I .
inquired. Well. Mr. Mailer. u 10 surely /
not So bad as when | met you first ten |
years ago. he returned. Then | never |
Kept single promise. but since | have |
p,.-n dong business with YOU have
been keeping ten promises out ~ a |
b Indred BY and by. ne added en-
TN he keeping more
The most notabl.. characteristic Of the /
native Indian ~ his super-ensitivrness.
A., 10. q