Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02
THE AWAKENING OF INDIA H4RsS S
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,yay from Great Britain?

Act-TTA. teIO.-Wnl india breai
4 ,vnv from Great Britain?
can the 900 million Hindoos
~ ,,tammednns and others VIII,
.,.,id leave and the government III
..,,p over To the natives
ub,t would happen Il the British
lave and the government given over
10 the natives?
What arc the causes OF the unrest
and what can be done to allay II?
These are some Of the big questions
s.,p..ed here below the Himalaya
contains ON the other side Of tn"
si5bs Let me give you q stray talk
~ so which | have had with British
cifriaIs concerning them. MY FIST co1-
,,rsltIou vgs with the Former private
,s.rofart uf the viceroy, Col. Dunlop
s,-.b Every one who knows anything
~ tho India of today knows him. He
ss baen connected win the civil serN-
IT, f,r quarter or q century ana h
s.euo.ntcd with tho peoples and the
C,Irtrv from Tibet to Ceylon. Wdcn
,.tcd him ms 10 the awakening OF Asia
he replied
There Is no doubt but that Asia Is
fd waking up. The whole continent ia
an ts feet / have seen signs ~ its
-ising for Years, ana nov these signs
,Io sD evident that hc who runs can
y.a1 them You cali II an awakening.
otber people call Il unrest. But call II
,ybst you please. there Is undoubtedly
, change going on IN the intellectual
conditions NJ this part of the world
Van can see II In Japan Persia, China
and Turkey It Is 50 here. and that
with almost every class OF our people.
india. as You know. * world. II Is a
land M many countries and many Ian
images There is az much difference
btwe.n the native Of the Punjab and
The Bengal as there Is between the
sYede and the Italian, the American
and the Turk
,.This awakening Is not confined TO
amy ono religion Col. Smith continued.
III il supposed ~ bc fomyntcd by tie
Hindoos. but II IL prevalent among the
Nohammcdlns as well. one of the
leading Mohammedans ~ the north
came IN my office in the midst Of the
war between the Japanese and the Rus
saus re rAf"ift, 10 inpd:'s vice
tor. ,s ana significantly saiG that they
meant much for India. When that war
was over We received Populations OF
Nohammedans who claimed certain
rights and privileges. They did not get
down on their knees with their hands
folded In the attitude Of prayer. as
some other classes OF our population
might have done. but they asked as
though they had the right to ask and
with the expectation that their claim
would be granted Since that time this
feeling has grown. II has spread, and
We are now having demands OF various
Kinds from the representative natives
Of all parts Of India. The situation il
serious and we are trying to handle II
seriously
HINDOOs AND MOHAMMEDANS.
But can the Hindoos and the Mo
hammcdans work together? And will
they do sou
Il ,dirk not. " - the reply. Meth
er trusts the other. We have three
times as many Hindoos as Mohamme-
dams There are SO 900. 900 Mohamme-
dams and about 200. 600 900 Hindoos. The
M1hsmmedans are afraid that they
Roud lose In any such combination.
one reason Is the Hindoos are so much |
In the ma iority, and another is that |
their better education and fitness OF |
mind would give them the advantage in
any governing body where an eduCs-
tonal qualification might be required"
| asked this same question later in |
the day Of one Of the viceroy's cabinet. |
He replied:
The most Of our troubles come from I
the educated Hindoos, although many |
N them are still loyal to the govern
nent As to the Mohammedans they |
're comparatively quiet, but they want