The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-20

CALCUTTA. India, June 1S.-It Is
said that Sir Charles Hardinge, the
newly-appointed viceroy. comes from
England TO crush the Nationalist
movement. III
But he won't. He may not even try
II. but II he does, he'll fail. ~
India Is destined TO become a great
nation. like Japan; greater. perhaps,
because OF wider territory and larger
population. But 1t could not have be-
come a nation for ages-perhaps
never-without the help OF the
British. The Nationalist movement IL
the logical result of British rule.
II Is the British who are molding a
group OF 43 distinct nationalites into
just Indians. They are giving them
the English language TO supplant the
1S5 languages and dialects now spok-
en-. They are giving them O belief In
one God to supplant the nine main
religions, and numerous sects. They
are giving them comparative equality
OF opportunity to take the place or the
$500 castles, or classes. They have
given the Indians feeling OF solidar'
ity by providing means of inter-com.
munication I'm the 10000 miles of rail.
road and the 100000 miles of roads
they have built since Queen Victoria
issued the proclamation annexing the
empire OF India. in 1858.
Objectionable Services Abolished. .
The British have abolished ire
ligious" observances such as infant.
eide. suffice widows burning them
selves alive with the bodies of their
husbands). slavery punishment by tor
ture and mutilation.
Indian laws denied legal rights to
those that repudiate the religion OF
their fathers; but the British repealed
these laws. The British have allowed
general freedom OF conscience, and
have not tried to force the Church of
England upon the natives u,
Native agitators charge that British
rule Is cruel. But barbarism would
run riot were 1t not for its stern hand,
The dominant Aryans. the aborig-
ines in the south, the Arabs in the
west the Scyths. Tartars and Moguls.
are distinct races which clash in In
dia. The various religions and sects
are ready to leap at each others
250, 900 men, two.thirds of whom are
natives, the British have kept the
3O,000,000 people from fighting each
other. In territory Of $500, 900
square miles.
Two Indians In Cabinet.
The British have recently made
concessions which give the natives q
louder voice. IL not a stronger arm, in
the government. Two Indians serve
in the cabinet of Lord Morley, secre-
tary of state for India, which meets
In London, and which is the chief
power In Indian government. A native
is a member of the viceroy's execu-
tive council here: and half the mem
bers OF his legislative council are In
dams.
In the future there will be at least
one Indian in the executive council OF
the governor Of each province, and
all of the members Of the provincial
But the action of all the Indian law
makers Is subject to veto OF the gov
eminent in London. The British have
established $50 municipal bodies, and
1000 local boards.
The British have given the natives
the Anglo-Saxon right OF free press
and trial by jury--with exceptions.
Native leaders have occasionally been
imprisoned without being charged or
tried. The government Is charged
too, with using spies. The white man
who assaults or kills native is not
In much danger.
But the greatest wrong that Great
Britain has done India is in Gripping
In6ia's Industry to advance her own
In America. the problem Is to get
people back to the farm" But here,
the problem Is to get people to leave
the farm for the factory At present
So per cent OF the people are engaged
in agriculture. When the lack of rain
makes farming a failure, the native
has no indutry to turn to, and sinks
into deeper poverty, and indebted
ness. The British prefer to force the
natives TO ship their cotton to Eng
land to have II spun and woven rather
than establish factories here The
British have not introduced machines
to give the people employment They
have not even introduced modern
farming methods, and the land does
not feed the immense population.