Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-01-14


the king) but it was America with
variations such as | never heard be
! fore and never again expect to have
the opportunity of listening to.
The Hindus are, to our way of
thinking, a very peculiar people.
They will not eat meat-are divided
up in castles, and the fellow in Il
higher caste will have nothing to do
with the fellow lower than he. Talk
about society distinctions in Amer
lea. They are in the kindergarten
class, while here they have taken the
post graduate in defining the differ
ence between you and the other fel-
low. The highest caste 90 SO far
that II an intidel 1--WE are of that low
down caste) should cast a shadow
across their path they will wash
themselves so as to remove the stain.
While some are clean, Judging from
the looks of many it would be good
thing If there were many sunny days
and lots of infdels here. A high
caste Hindu gentleman told me they
could not go outside of this country.
for they would have to have their food
cooked and served to them by one of
their own or Il higher caste, and that
they could not sit down to eat with
lower caste people without losing
their standing and becoming an out
cast from their community. If We
were to touch an article of food they
would throw it away rather than eat
1T themselves, so you can see here we
are not so much even though we may
be somebody AT home. The Hindus
we See at home are not the orthodox
ones as they could not be because of
the reasons stated above.
We arrived here in a fairly good
time of year. They say malaria is
prevalent but none of our party con-
tracted it. The rainfall comes dur
ing the months of June to September
inclusive, and am told it is from 80
to 100 inches annually. During the
months of June and July about sew
enty inches fell. so even we Puget
SOunders would consider that tritle
too much of good thing Quite q
contrast to Egypt with her little inch
of moisture.
The English have Notifications
here. In the harbor defenses they
do not permit anyone but British
soldiers. There is quite q little agi-
tation going on among the natives
and the paper issued the day follow
ing our arrival contained an account
nf tho ~ n1 <.1,x ,e a. ~
Viceroy. Lord MintO, at small
place called Ahmadebad.
This is not far from Bombay.
While the Viceroy was driving. two
missiles were thrown at him. One Of
them the guard diverted, but the
other struck one of the gentlemen
who was in the carriage with Lord
Minto and it then fell to the ground.
Apparently they were cocoanuts and
did no damage to the NicerOy's party.
Later on cart driver picked up the
supposed cocoanuts and attempted to
crack open one of them. The explo-
sion that ensued was sufficient to
blow his hand off and inflict other
injuries causing his death. The
bombs fell on sandy ground and to
this is attributed their failure to ex-
plode. The perpetratOr of this out
rage had not been discovered up to
the time of our leaving. In talking
to an English eX-soldier. he said the
people at the town mentioned were
very bad. He also told of Hindu
who went to England and was edu-
Gated at Oxford, receiving degree
as Bachelor of Law He then re-
turned to Bombay to practice. He
also commenced the publication Of
two native papers. While in court
one day trying a case. he uttered Sc
ditious language and for this he was
placed in Jail for a week. Later on
he printed seditiOuS articles in his
paper and also distributed pamph-
lets of like nature. In consequence
he was again arrested. fined one
thousand dollars; his printing plant
contiscated and he was sentenced to
five years in prison. He is now serv-
ing his term. The Hindus were very
much wrought up about this and as
it happened only short while ago,
the bomb throwing undoubtedly was
partially caused by it, When the
previous Viceroy, Lord Curzon, took
charge of India, he divided it up in
districts in charge of native rulers.
The natives interpreted this to mean
the British were endeavOring to keep
them separate and unable to present
a unity in demanding their rights.
From this time they have been dis
cOntented, and it would not be sur
prising to me if trouble should occur
at any time. Seventy-fve thousand
English soldiers are stationed in In
dia. The importation of firearms
using government ammunition is for
hidden and for others permission
must be obtained. Natives. except
in certain parts, cannot have a wea-
pom of any kind This is wise pol
icy to pursue, looking at it from the
English viewpoint. for if the natives
were permitted to have firearms or
other dangerous weapons it undoubt-
edly would make trouble that pos
sibly the British would be unable to
overcome.
ITO be Continued
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