The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-02
EAST INDIAN TRAGEDIES
PLANNED IN AMERICA

"0h. East is East and West Ia West,
And never the twain shall meet"
So sang Rudyard Kipiing many
years ego, and 1t Is 10 unto this day.
Little do the people of this country,
except. perhaps, through an occa-
sionai article In the newspapers tell
ing OF an attempted plot TO blow up
n yice-regAl train, the murder OF UNI
fortunate East Indian officials or oe-
casionaI unprovoked assaults on Eu-
ropeans, know of the unrest that holds
the greater part OF India In It's grip.
Little do they know. as they siumber
peacefully through the long watches
Of the night, of the brains directins
these assassinationss
To many II would scern fnersdiefc
that New York. the city OF giant
buildings. tho city SO many Thousand
mites distant from fhs tszsfs OF chA-
shine" In the center from wntcn issue
the instructions that have sent loyai
servants TO the Indian Empire ana
brave men to their deaths.
In New York and IL ertvirons there
are nearly sixty Hsndoos striving with
might and main for the tto them
glorious freeing of the native ianu
fror, the thralldom or the Britain RUE.
Most of them are students In fale.
Harvard. Columbia and Princeton ana
other institutions OF Lesser fame. Tney
are the men who are studtousiy op-
eeretnK and learning Western iueas
and modes, 30 that when the une
comes and India has thrown ON me
sietegted foreign yoke OF the present
white-skinned masters they VIII snen
be the Aw-gfvers and rulers VI hn0
land OF their birth.
Others are making q pretense OF
dealing in Oriental products. Io
these sons OF ffinaoostan come Ions
ana seemingly innocent cables, teinne
81 merchandise and the rise ana TAIL
Of Indian prices In the various aFus
cles relating to their business. ana
they akain cable back answers 20
these messages
Peculiar, 10 nay the least, would oe
the feelings OF dispatcher ana receiver
al either point Of communication = !.
they could but read ana nndernssAo !.
the messages sent and received. uut
an elaborate code system, defying me
most careful, prolonged ana exnau ~.
nosx,ble. even should aught be sus-
pectNd. The senders OF these mes
saras are the ones who convey the or
darx which often result In the wing
inr III sone poor soul into eternity. !.
A few men OF handsome mien ana
mesmeric power promulgAte some 81
the nnetical thoughts OF Eastern mys-
tacs under the Ruise of'religfon- FER
eo,na n wealth and influences. ttrea
and satiated, who have lived lives q
Excitement and are unable 20 nno
anything new TO make their pioou
thrill. rush In scores 70 hear youns
man, sllver-tongueds OF MrEe. uaIs
and iHsaFeus oFaa ana nanasoMe s 1 ~.
.tsr. ntivc nresence, tell OF the groeaiy
hsrtiai ana lustfuf religion Of the
..vedas.s ii ! voice Of singular sweet
ness and melody. I.
RE senSes are not hurt. propriety y
not shocked, for tbs speaker teiis
81 his cult In the liquid Language q
the East and translates with the Wy
!, 80 rood taste ana depth OF feeling.
Ths thril, q felt and hsnceforth ne
.Aas ~ large following. rhieay COM
rosad al wealthy women, mostly spin
ssers 81 widows. but q few being mar
RED women with ovcrinduigent nus-
bands. -.
FOR money must be optalnsu " w. nS Z
gums and gunpCwo - :
HS ~ n s.s~sslns rcoyns Of clSba Of theee
$50 ~ ~. - casually visited After mid
Nm 3, certain flxed dAy1 ~ nasA a
theif own country. Nine y sne un a.s
Number that pay this nldnl9ns ,g
~ IN 4. III - snefi Who have pa1sod mlu.
~ - Thrlr henpectzClcu eyes anu
sss~rs iyrnassiv9 faces. with furrow-
lined forcheads, mark the snhAinS
- 4 few snort. ineisiye words from
| ~, sIa Who afSpHarx tu ~ the tsaae g
s.s,,xr the ynsank prieets iramediateiy
u Oman 4 has ana from therein hanu
niAcssS ~ areea. yellow and red PA
bef,A Whlch HAYS 4 cttnkilu9 sound.
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