Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-18

states. At the time OF my experience
in India I was appointed American
consul to native state. and, being we'll
acquainted with the conditions, first
consulted the British resident with
whom ! was on very friendly terms,
and asked what should do with my
credentials? He told me to present
them to his highness the maharajah,
with whom was also pretty well &C.
quainted. Asking for an audience, l
informed him Of the object Of my Wis
1t and presented my papers, which he
hesitated to receive until told him
that had been Instructed by the Brit
ish resident to pursue this course. 1t
was eighteen months before I received
permission to actl This was because I
was accredited to native state. and
these have but nominal autonomy,
which is confined strictly to internal
affairs. and even those under the con-
troll Of the British resident.
What England Has Done For India.
There lis no doubt England has CIV
en- India in the main peaceful condi-
lions: that she has carried into effect
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rate and to eradicate crying abuses
fixed formerly upon the country under
native government. Great tracts Of
land have been brought into fruitful
ness that were formerly uncultivated;
the raising Of cotton was stimulated
practically forced) as result of our
civil war; coffee plantations, tea plan
tations and many other products Of the
soil, including great fields Of wheat,
have been introduced and probably
raised-all adding to the industries of
the country and creating an increased
demand for labor. But If the govern
ment Of India is "the government Of
Indians for Indians and by Indians"
and 1.-The Bitrish rulers are In India
for the ultimate purpose of teaching
the Indians how to rule themselves"
would it not seem as If. after over
century of rule, there should be more
visible evidence Of what the natives
have gained? The wages they receive
do not increase, and they are also
overtaxed to the extent that there is
nothing to fall back upon in years Of
famine. Indian merchants incidentally
derive some benefit, but the great
bulk Of the profits Of exploiting the
land goes to Englishmen.
England certainly has sometimes
sacrificed the interests Of India to the
pressure of her own trades and manu-
facturers."
AS a single instance, at the time I
was in India there were in Bombay
eighteen cotton mills doing profitable
business and mainly financed by Par
sees. Because Of their competition with
| English manufacturers these mills
were closed by the imposition of a
prohibitive duty on the cotton which
was necessarily imported to mix with
the short Indian staple, and when the
stock in these mills was sufficiently
deprecated in value understood that
it was bought up by English capital
and the mills again put into operation.
Where India's Great Revenues Go.
What Of the official side, and where
do the great revenues Of the country
go? I wish that had the statistics
before me, but a general outline will
show, aud the candor Of our inform
ants article reveals the truth. He
says: Great Britain. receives nothing
in the nature Of a tribute from India.
no return Of any kind except for serv.
ices rendered. These, however, are nc
more than the fixed axioms OF British
rule all the world over" And he also
adds. Like every regime that is main
ly bureaucratic and personal, the Brit
1sh government In India is dull and
mechanical and unimaginative as well
as an allen rule, and the supercilious
and arrogant manners Of too many of
its agents are source Of constant IT.
ritation and Ill will.' AS friendly
critic should have hesitated in using
as strong language and am indebted to
this English writer for SO plainly ex-
pressing my own impression, but con-
corning the statement that lit is q
principle Of British rule to spend on
the dependency all the revenues raised
from IT, 1, should heartily agree with
1t if in the dependency be substituted
for "on," for the revenues Of India &c
largely to Englishmen also for salaries
and pensions and for the support OF
the standing army stationed in the
country for the purpose Of holding the
natives under subsection to British
rule.
The salary Of the viceroy Of India is
double that of the president Of the
United States, and SO on down through
the list, according to the fixed axioms
Of British rule all the world over
with goodly sum added in half pay
/ pensions to those who retire at the
time limit. And when It Is understood
that ''all the highest and most respon-
sible positions, both in the civil service
and in the army, are occupied by the
British rulers and shat the civil
service examinations are held only in
London it is fair to ask again,
Where does the native come in? And
is it not literally true that both as
regards the revenues Of the country
and in the development Of the grow
ing industries England receives the
lions share and the natives but the
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