The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-03
India's Conl and Iron.

foster our industries and we could in
time build up a mighty industrial en-
pire."
India's Conl and Iron.
Could you do this along other lines
than tho textiles?"
Yes There is no reason why India
should not make everything In iron and
steel This country has mineral re-
sources which have never been exploit
ed. No one knows what we have.
Take our coal. Only a few years ago
the people sneered at the coal Of Ben
gal and said It was OF no value. We ex-
ported more than 100000 tons OF that
coal last year. and during that time our
output was almost 10,0Oo,o00 tons We
have a coal field at Bokaro which COW
ers over two hundred square miles and
is supposed to contain fifteen hundred
million tons OF available coal. In the
Karanpura fields there are something
like nine billion tons. and we have
other deposits Of considerable value.
We have iron not far from the coal, and
steel works are now being put UP with
native capital to manufacture with ma
tives iron and native ore. Within a
short tine we shall be making steel
rails for our East Indian roads There
is no reason why we should not make
our own hardware and develop indus
tries along other lines"
Does Great Britain get much out Of
India, Sir Edward" 1 asked. The
most of the money you collect in taxes
is spent here. is 1t not?"
Yes the most OF the taxes go back
TO the country and are used for its i'm
provement and development. Never
theless. the indirect advantages which
accrue from our connection with India
are enormous. Out trade with India
amounts TO hundreds OF millions OF
pounds every year and is profitable.
Another thing we have through this
connection is the support of large
standing army. We have over 100000
are natives. All this is supported by
try a lighting force which Is always
kept in good training and which can
be shipped anywhere upon the shortest
notice AT the time of the Boer War
our East Indian soldiers were among
the first on the field"
You have been In India over thirty
years. Has the condition of the ma
tives improved?"
Yes. they are far better off than
they were when I came. They get
higher wages. They have more to eat
and more comforts. Their houses are
better When I first came most of them
Were rooted with thatch. Many now
have roofs of tiles. Altogether the
people are much better Off"
About how many are there in the
provinces you govern | asked
Something like 54Oo0.000."
What is their condition as to the
unrest? Bengal is supposed to be tho
place in which the most trouble lies"
We have had considerable discon-
tent and some attempts at assassina-
ton They tried to blow up a train
about two years ago upon which Sir
Andrew Fraser, then lieutenant COVER
nor OF Bengal. his staff and number
of police We're travelling. They made
other attempts TO assassinate Sir An
drew Fraser. They also threw a bomb
at a carriage containing Calcutta
magistrate. who had imprisoned the
printers OF two native journals for sedi-
.!ous utterances, and other bombs have
been thrown. Some were thrown at
the vlceroy In Agra few months ago.
And then there was the bomb throw
Ing In which Mrs and Miss Kenned.y
We're killed think, however, that we
nave largely controlled these an
archlsts and are gradually breaking un
thclr organizations During one of our
ponce raids We found papers which
showed That an anarchist college ex-
listed and that the anarchists had as
soclates at Paris and also in the west.
ern part Of your country We have rea-
son to believe that they are allied TO
the Nihilists OF Russia and that their
society Is based upon that orrnniza-
ton"
belong?" 'N' ~ ? -
They are mostly students and edu-
cated men out of work. Some are
religious fanatics, who would like tn
dispense with us as a religious duty
Are you not afraid of assassina-
tion?"
NO. I believe that this class NJ
agitators will soon disappear. / have
already given up the additional nolice
atlotted for the protection of the lieu
and freouentIv
traVel about with no guards at all. +
nave been touring the country in an
automobile, and one cannot we'll carry
g Yards with a car"
iias the new reform policy bettered
i'attVe conditions?"
NJ. sn'nk 50. Tho people realize that
"a shas uolhs all we can to give them
:. STARE IN the government. They an
preciate the changes mada N +hs,r "a
u.s." " tne'll arc 4oyai 70
Not Mu.ives ana the Government.
y, az, 80 e. sanding the above state
and = ni or Edward Baker, the unrest
~ san uts.ontent are growing. The rep
movar,ant given in the new reform
revn1mtInn Is IS not satisfactory to the
mat the 40, elements, and they say
. snaa - sha natives should have far
Claim that ~ - the government They
he h;ph ne,oI ,e English now hold all
aries. and in this they are a riah u's s ac-
cording to Lord curzon th ha are
about l,4oo government places 80 asnh =,
which pays $4,000 and upwnrs sA, vaar
Or these all but 100 are filled nv f,r,t
1sh' or the lower Offices, the sa,ar,ss
of which range from 5000 to 81 $1,000 ooo q
year. about 5000 are held bv Euro
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