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

anarchists and are gradually breaking
up their organization. During one Of
our police raids we found papers
which shove that an archist college
existed and that the anarchists had
associates at Paris and also in the
western part Of Your country. We
have reason to believe that they are
allied to the Nihilists of Russia and
that their society is based upon that
organization"
ITO what classes do the anarchists
belong?'
They are mostly students and edu-
Gated men out OF work. Some are re-
pense with US as a religious duty"
Are YOU not afraid Of assassina-
ton ?"
NO. | believe that this class of agi-
tators will soon disappear. 7 have
already given up the additional police
allotted for the protection of the lieu
tenant governor, and l frequently
travel about with no guards at all. I
have been touring the country in an
automobile, and one cannot well carry
guards with a car"
Has the rev reform policy bet
tered native conditions %
Il think so. h people realize
that we are doing all we can to give
them a share in the government. They
appreciate the changes made in their
favor; and most of them are loyal
to us.
Natives and the Government.
Notwithstanding the above state
ment OF Sir Edward Baker, the unrest
and discomfort are growing. The rep
resentatiOn given in the new reform
is not satisfactory to the
revolutionary elements, and they say
that the natives should ave a far
greater share in the government. They
claim that the English now hold all
the high offices and receive all big
salaries, and in this they are right.
According to Lord Curzon, there are
about 1,400 government places, each
of which pays $4,000 and upward q
year. OF these all but 100 are filled
by British. OF the lower Offices, the
salaries of which range from $3G0 to
$4,000 a year, about five thousand are
held by Europeans and five thousand
by Eurasians, while more than eight
cen thousand are held by the natives.
AS to the Offices lower than these, they
are held by the natives. and their
wages fall to a rate exceedingly small.
Take the teachers in the primary
schools. l an told that they get some
thing like SIS a month, and in certain
places not more than 50. 1t is said
hat il ali the teachers of India Gould
have their salaries raised to SIS per
month they would esteem themselves
happy.
n Literary
This new movement is largely in
tellectual. Said one of the officials to
me this week:
The unrest is the rousing of the
soul of the indian people. You can see
signs of it everywhere. One is in the
increased desire for education and an
other in the native The
latter nave been springing up all over
,ndia. and. although usually of small
circulation, they are having great in
fuence. Already more than 1000 ma
tive journals have been established.
There are more than 1900 printing
presses at work, and something like T.
900 different books in the various liza
lects are produced every year. The
Wspapers are published in twenty
two different languages and dialects,
including ASsameSe, Bengal Hlndl,
Sanscrit. Arabic, Tamil and others.
Some Of these papers are in the native
States where they are subject to the
rapahs, who suspend them and hanish
their editors Of will. Others are in the
provinces under the British rule. There
they are practically free from censor
ship
What kind Of books do the natives
publish - l asked.
Every kind" was the reply. They
are writing books on religion. on poe
try and the drama. They are turning
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