The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-05

crarc in the GOvernmenb-HoW
nbcv Fear the Hindoos-Suppose the
british Should Leave?-SiE Edward
Daker Suggests a Protective Tariff
How India Pays John Bull-An-
arrnists and BoRlbs-The Native
Cierk-A Literary Awakening
One Thousand Newspapers in %
languages.
7C1nvright, 1910. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
VIII India break away from Great
Britain?
can the 800 million Hindoos, Mo-
hammtdans and others who inhabit
her unite in a rebellion?
What would happen if the British
should leave, and the government be
given over 20 the natives?
What are the causes of the unrest,
and what can be done to allay it?
These are some of the big questions
discussed here below the Himalaya
mountains on the other side of the
cIobe. Let me give you a stray talk
or 50 which have had with British
officials concerning them. My first
HOf"lAti Sdi1Ol Was Wioh ~ lliCA pr
waite secretary OF the viceroy, Col.
Dunlop Smith. Every one who knows
anything of the India of today knows
Inn. He has been connected With TIE
civil service for q quarter or a cen
turv and is acquainted with the peO-
ole and the country from Tibet 10
Cpvivn. When | asked him as to the
awakening of Asia, he replied:
There is 10 doubt but that Asia is
fat waking no. The whole continent
is On its feet / nave seen signs Of its
rising for years, and now these signs
are so evident that he who rugs can
re3t them. You call it an awaken
ing. Other people call it unrest. But
call it what you please, there is I'M
doobtedIy a change going on IN the in
te,IectuaI conditions Of this part 'of
tn world. You can see it in Japan,
PrcaIa, China and Turkey. 1t is 50
here and that with almost very class
Of cur people. India, as you know, Is
d world. 1t is d land Of many coun-
tries and many languages. There -
- much difference between the IA
lives of PunjaO and the Bengal as
thcIe is betWeen the Swede and the
jtat3n, the American and the Turk.
This awakening is not confined TO
any one religion Col. Smith cOndD-
ucd. 1t is supposed to be fomentsd
by the Hindoos, but it is, but it is prev
- CBkAcIS AAC 49,
well. One of the leading Mohamme-
6ans Of the north came to my office in
the midst Of the war between the
Japanese and the Russians. He re
ferTed to Japan's victories and signI-
f~icantly said that they meant much
for India. When that war was over
We received regulations of MOhamIne-
dams who claimed certain rights n
privileges, They did not get down on
their knees with their hands folded
IN the attitude of prayer, as some
other classes OF u population might
have done, but they asked as though
they had the right to ask and with
The expectation that their claims Wouh
be granted. Since that time this feel
ing has grown. 1t has spread, and
We are now having demands Of va
nous kinds from the representative
natives Of all parts of India Ihe
situation is serious, and we are trying
10 handle it Seriously
HindOOs and N1oilaEnrnedans.
But can the HindOos and the MO
hammedans work together? And
Will they do 500"
~ think not" was the reply,
.Neither trusts the othcr. We nave
three times as many Hindoos as Mo
.@nmfdans. There are 66,Oo0,Ooo
MohdnmedanS and abOut 200, 00o
I.hcoos, The Mohamnedans are
AFRAID that thew would lose in any
Such combination. One reason is the
1'Indoos are so much in the majority
ana another is that their better edu-
,au"h and fitness of mind would give
mem the a~dvantaee in any govern
nS BODY where al educational quail
"caton might be required"
l @Sked this same question later in
N"e DAY Of one of the VicerOy's cabl-
net He replied:
The most of our roubles come
ION the educated HindOos, although
many Of them are still loyal to the
experiment.. AS to the MohamInedans
49, are comparatively quiet, but they
r@ut a greater share in the admins
+@lIoh OF affairs. They are not in
t&l'r OF any changes which might put
f flihdoo on horseback, and they
NO mat if a representative govern
SHt should me instituted the enor-
p,1> numbers of the Hindoos would
fn1 mem the majority of the of
You have, of course, read OF
~iIdt I(aI the anti pDuornJnn 2gl-