The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-05
THE AWAKENING OF INDIA
By Frank G. Carpenter.

make an ~incendiary speech at Lahore.
ms audience was a mixed bodv of
Mohammedans and Hindoos He uoe
the British, and demand
ing that India should be governed Nv
natives. Upon that d Mohammedan
IN the crowd cried out: When we want
a new ruler we won't chose a hanva
ttradesman) like You. We would
rather have The British Well that
is the feeling OF the Mohamr1edans
lhey AVE no use for the indoo
and especially for the educated Hin
docs, who are called the Babus."
If John Bull Left Indiao
Suppose the British should leave?
What would be the result 2"
There is no danger of that was
the reply. w could not leave if we
would This is a part Of our share
Of the white mans burdne, and we
must carry it, whatever the cost"
But suppose 90
If we should take our army out
of the country and give the rule to
the natives the result would be
anarchy, h country would be
flooded with blood and the very peo-
be the first to die. The Mohammedans
vould attack the Hindoos. They
would rush down from the Punjab
and capture Bengal. The Afghans
would march over the border and
taxi back the valley of Peshawar,
and the warlike Nepalese would loot
the Bengalis. The Nizam Of Hydera-
bad, would throw his armies into the
struggle, and there would be a score
Of great forces warning upon one
another to say nothing of the feuds
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 generation to generation and
they grasp at such time to continue
the vendettas sworn by their ances-
tors. There would be religious wars
and caste wars, family wars and
wars Of private grievances. The Hin
docs would be ground down by the
Mohammedans and robbie right and
left. The Mohalnmedans are far the
braver as fighting men, and they
would welcome the struggle. Indeed,
the horrors of such a situation can
not be described. n rest Of the
world could not let it continue. We
from the duty which God placed upoH
US; and some other power would rush
in and take possession
One of John Bulls Lessons.
Along this same line I have talked
with Sir Edward N. Baker, the
IlILI loI Va SAh1 1A
Edward has spent his whole life in
India and has held all sorts Of posi-
tons, gradually rising until he is now
near the top. He was financial sec
rotary Of the viceroy during the hast
administration and as Governor OF
Bengal he now rules many millions Of
the most turbulent element among the
Hindoos, as well as of other races.
I met him in the lieutenant gov
ernor's mansion at the end Of the
MADAM, opposite the V1ceroyS pal
ace. Ny question was direct. Said i:
Does your e2cellency think the day
will ever come when the British viii
give up this country"
NO" was the emphatic reply, and
we could not if we would Our pres
ent policy is to SO govern the people
that thew will be more and more loyal
to US. We are trying to do that We
appreciate 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 brltlsh
empire had we handled you properly.
We all know that we made a mis-
take then. We regret 1t ana We "lii
not make another, Personally, thlrk
the United States would be far better
off than it is if it were one of our
colonies. We should then have a
great Anglo-Saxon combination, Wflcn
could dictate the policy of the world. -
To this = did not reply. But a Japan
csc expression crept into my mind
It was: 1T is to laugh
Protective Tariff in India.
NV conversation with the Lieuten-
ant Governor of Bengal here drlfted
toward finance, upon which ne is an
authority in the far east. SAID i:
rcDnnoca Won were the absolute
r,1er IF India. YOUR excelIency. Sup
pose YOU were not controlled by Great
britain, but that you had the same
armies and the same admlnlSbra1Ht
machinery that you have today Wna'
would you do to better the cohui'loi'
of these peopte?"
II would give them a protectHH
tariff. I would the estao-
lshment of factories and favor Ihe IF
in every way as to the maklhs th