Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02

greater share IN the administration OF
| aHairs They are not iu favor of any
| changes which might put the Hindoo
| ON horseback. and they fear that II "A
! representative government should be
| instituted the enormous numbers OF the
| hlndoos would give them the majority
! OF the offices. You have Of course read
| Of Lajptt Raj, the anti-govcrnment
| asitator whom We had to ship out uf
| the country.
| lie was a native lawyer. student
| or the college Of Lahore. who believed
| IN india for Indians. He was an elo-
puent felloW and could stir up the Hin
docs. but he could not impress the Mo
hn'nmedans once heard him make an
, in'tndlary speech at Lahore His audi
enc" was mixed body Of Mohamnc.
duis and Hindoos. lie was douounciug
the British, and demanding that India
should be governed by natives. Tpln
that Mohammedan in the crowd cried
out: When we want new ruler We
won't close bany0 tradcsmam like
you We would rather have the Brit
ish.' Wen. that Us the feeling Of the
Mohammedans. They have no use for
tn" Hindoos, ana especially for the edu-
Gated llindcos. who are clLed the Ba-
bus"
IT. john BULL LEFT INDIA
SUPPOSE the British should leave?
WHAT Noult DC the result ~
" There is no danger Of that WAS
the reply. we could not leave ~ We
would. This is d part OF our share Of
the white mans burden, and We must
carry II, whatever the cost
But suppose"
IF we should take our army out Of
the country and give the rule To the
natives the result would be anarchy.
The country would be Hooded with
4.
nouncing us would be the first to die.
The Mohammedans would attack tn
HindoOS. They would rush down from
the Puaiab and capture Bengal. The
Afghans would march over the border
and take back the valley Of pcshaWar
which We have wrestcd from them and
the warlike Ncpalese would loot the
Bcngalis The Nizam OF Hyderabad
would throw his armies into the strug-
gle, and there would be score ~
great forces warning upon one another
to say nothing OF the feuds between
tribes At the time Of the rnutinN ~
1851 many ~ the native chiefs took ad-
vantage Of the occasion to settle their
long time feuds
These people treasure injuries from
generation to generation and they
grasp at such times to continue the ven
dettas sworn by their ancestors. There
would he religious wars and caste
wars family wars and wars Of private
grievances. The Hindoos would be
ground down by the Mohammedans
and robbed right and left. The Mo-
are far the drawer as fight
ing men. and they would welcome a
struggle Indeed. tho horrors of such
a situation cannot be described The
rest Of the world could not let II con
tlnue We should h. denounced for
having fled from the duty which God
placed upon us; and some other power
would rush in and take possession"
ONE OF JOHN BULLS LESSONS.
Along this same line ! have talked
with Sir Edward y. Baker the lieu
tenant governor of Bengal. Sir Ed
ward has spent his whole life in India
and has held all sorts OF positions
gradually rising until he Is now near
the top. He was financial secretary
n the viceroy during the last admins
tratiOn and as governor Of Bengal he
now rules many millions OF the most
turbulent element among the Hindoos.
as we'll as OF other races. met him
IN the lieutenant governors mansion At
The end Of the MADAM. opposite the
riceroy's palace. My question was d.
rect Said !:
Does your excellency think the day |
will ever come when the British viii !
i've up this country"