Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-03-15
EAST INDIAN ON
The HINDU F
Bombay Editor Tells Of Swami
Frauds.
HOW AMERICANS ARE DUPED

He Disoioses Colossal Practices Of
False Teachers Who Come to Amer
lea With Mystic, Weird Religions
Which Drive Innocent Followers In
sane-csme First to Worlds Fair.
Swami teachers of Indian philosophy
who prey upon social America with
their doctrines were made recently by
Rusfom Rastomjee. Parsee, of Bombay,
India. editor and proprietor of the
Oriental Review, the most powerful or
gan of public opinion in western India.
Mr.. Rustomjee, who is in this country
to study its social. educational and in
dustrial institutions and to set in the
right light Americas opinion of the
Indian peoples, ridiculed society for its
feting of the men who come here pos
ing as swamis, told of the name in
which these men despise American wo-
men upon their return to India and
presented in sensational form the dam
gers Of the Indian phil %phies when
preached to the young girls OF America.
1t was Il matter of shame and regret
TO him. he declared, that it was neees-
sary for him to expose those who were
Of his country. but he considered it
his duty in view of the (; t that pro-
mitigation Of distorted and hideous
eastern worships was driving Ameri-
cas- womanhood into insane asylums
and sanitariums. No true Swami. no
true teacher of the true Hindu reli-
gion, would come to this country. he
asserted. for if he came he would lose
caste, and that no true Swami would
think of doing.
Invaders Not Real Hindus.
The impostor Swami upon his re-
turn to India viewed the American
woman, as the dancing girl is viewed
In his own country. Into the bargain.
while here. the philosophers he dis
seminated included the most immoral
forms of sun worship and the most
revolving phases of worship of certain
gods and goddesses every educated In
dian is striving to tear from the minds
of the common people of the east.
'The men who come here are not
real Hindus," he declared. '"The in
vasion of America began with the Chi
cago exposition. when an endeayor
was made to show Americans what
the Indian religions were. After the
exposition those who came were so
much pampered and feted by silly
American women that they gave them
selves up to IL life of dissipati n. One.
a noted teacher, died a d.unkard's
death in India"
Mr.. Rustomjee explained that the
eastern idea of wOman was at decided
variance with that Of America. "Your
women are bosses of the families.
They are the social equals of your
men," he commented. I'm India wo-
men are mere chattels. In America n
mother is proud to have her daughter
sing for friends. dance with them, en-
terrain them. The Indian woman who
dances or sings in public or in private
is looked down upon. She is never re-
ceiyed in society. She is a girl dedi-
Gated to the service Of Hindu gods.
permitted openly and without any dis
grace TO live a life Of shame"
T~reaehery of a Swami.
Mr.. R%ustomjee cited the case of a
80 called Swami who at one time
was on very friendly terms with a
wealthy Chicago family. BY the
daughters of the house he was looked
upon as one of their brothers friends.
When he returned to India the teacher
received occasional letters from the
girls of the house. written innocently
and full of affectionate regard for him
as a religious teacher. He published
these letters in certain Indian papers.
"A true Indian religious teacher
Mr.. Rustomjee went on to say. would
never associate with women. He
would not eat meat or drink wine. In
one word. he has to live the strictly
aesthetic life. In America we find the
so called SwamiS' living luxurious
lives with rich Americans, eating and
drinking, dressing S~orgeously. travel
ing in PullmanS. Only the other day
AliS. SNhDOFue OF SOnlefNlile, Mass.
writing OF nm entertainment she had
given a Swami said that he had
drunk an entire bottle of brandy at
n sitting and eaten two pounds Of
meat. He weighed 200 pounds and
called himself an aesthete. He prom
ised her diamonds, rubies and costly
apparel. asked her how old she was
and when she told him she was thirty
five called her mamma
Not True Philosophy.
These 'Swamis' who come 10 Amer
ica do not teach the real philosophy of
India. the Vedanta. but they teach a
mixture of German philosophy with a
little eastern mysticism thrown in.
They teach the worship of Christ side
by side with the worship Of Krishna
and Kali, the latter a goddess who de
lights in the drinking Of human blood,
according to the Hindu scriptures. She
has for her earrings two heads of men
she has slaughtered. Il necklace of
skulls and n waistband Of human
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