El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-02

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| Nizam of Hyderabad, would throw his
armies into the struggle, and there
| would be a score of great forces
| warning upon one another to say moth
| ing of the feu-s between tribes. At the
| time of the mutiny Of 1857 many of the
native chiefs took advantage of the
occa sion to settle their long time feuds.
"TheSe people treasure injuries from
genera ton to generation and they grasp
at such time TO continue the vendettas
sworn by their ancestors. There would
be religious wars and caste wars. fam
lily wars and wars of private grievances.
The Hindoos would be ground down by
the MohammedanS and robbed right and
left. The Mohammedans are far the
drawer as fighting men, and they
would welcome the struggle. Indeed.
the horrors of such a situation cannot
be described. The rest of the world
coUld not let II continue. We should
be 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 BuIls Lessons.
Along this same line l have talked
with Sir Edward \. Baker, the lieuten-
ant governor of Bengal. Sir Edward
has spent his whole life in India and
has held all sorts of positions. gradu
ally rising until he is now near the top.
He was financial secretary of the vice
roy during tht last administration and
as givernor of Bengal he now rules
many millions of the most turbulent elet
ment among the Hindoos, as well as of
other races.
l met him in the lieutenant governors
mansion at the end of the MADAM, op-
posite the viceToy's palace. Ny question
was direct. Said I:
Does your excellency think the day
viii ever come when the British will
give up this country?"
No" was the emphatic reply, and
we could not if We would Our present
policy is TO so govern the people that
they will be more and more loyal to us.
We are trying TO do that. We appreci-
ate the rights OF the natives and respect
them. You see. we have learned some
lessons from our troubles over certain
of our colonies in the past. We might
have kept the United States as a part
of the British empire had we handled
you properly. We all know that we
made a mistake then. We regret it and
we will not make another Personally,
I think the United States would be far
better off than it is If 1t were one OF
our colonies. We should then have a
great Anglo-Saxo combination, which
could dictate the policy of the world"
To this did not reply. But a japanese
expression crept into my mind. 1t was:
1T is to laugh
Protective Tariff in India.
My conversation with the lieutenant
governor Of Bengal here drifted to-
ward finance, upon which he is an
authority in the far east. Said I:
Suppose you were the absolute ruler
Of India. your excellency. Suppose you |
we're not controlled by Great Britain but |
that you had the same armies and the |
same administrative machinery that you |
nave today, what would you do to bet /
ter the condition of these people?"
Il would give them a protective tariff. /
would encourage the establishment of |
factories and favor them in every way |
is TO the making of goods for India in /
with those of Europe. Japan |
and other parts of the world. What In |
Tia needs is industrial development. and |
protective tariff would bring that |
about. AS it is we are tied up by the |
manufacturing industries of Great
Britain. We can levy no duties TO speak |
# upon our imports of cottons. We once |
lad a tariff of 3 percent. but the Man
hester mill men objected. saying that
I ruined their trade. They demanded |
hat an excise duty be added to equal
re our competition. and the result was
hat the duty was reduced by 311 per-
ent, that amount being levied on all
goods made in India. Do you wonder
hat the natives object? A protective
ariff would foster our industries and
ustrial empire
India's Coal and Iron.
Gould you do this along other lines
han the textiles?"
Yes. There is no reason why India
hou1d not make everything in iron and
teel. This country has mineral re-
ources which have never been exploit
l. No one knows what we have. Take
ur coal. Only a few years ago the
eople sneered at the coal of Bengal and
aid it was of no value. We exported
nore than 100000 tons of that coal
lst year, and during that time our out
ut was almost 100000 tons We
ave a coal field at Bokaro which covers
yer 200 square miles and is supposed
0 contain fifteen hundred million tons
f available coal. In the Karanpura
ields there are something like nine
illion tons. and we have other deposits
f considerable value. We have iron
OF far from the coal, and steel works
re now being put up with native capt.
al TO manufacture with native iron ana
alive ore. Within short time we shall |
q making steel rails for our East In
ian roads. There is no reason why we
hould not make our own hardware and
evelop industries along other lines"
India a Paying Proposition.
Does Great Britain get much out of
ndia, Sid Edward?" 1 asked 1.-The |
lost of the money you collect in taxes
spent here, is it not?'
Yes, the most of the taxes go back
} the country and are used for its i'm
rovement and development. Never
lie less, the indirect advantages which |
ccrue from our connection with India
re enormous. Our trade with India |
mounts TO hundreds of millions oil
ounds every year and is profitable
mother thing We have through this
Onnection is the support of a large
landing army. We have over 200. 900
oops. of whom more than two-thirds
re natives. All this is supported by
lie taxes. and 1t gives the mother coun-
v a fighting force which is always
ept in good training and which can
e shipped anywhere upon the shortest