The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-03
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of the population of my empire in de- |
Tense of its unity and integrity moth |
ing has moved me more than the pas
sionate devotion to my throne eX-
dressed both by my Indian subjects
and by the feudatory princes and the
ruling chiefs Of India, and their prod
zeal offers of their lives and their re-
sources in the cause of the realm.
Their one-voiced demand to be fore
most in the conflict has touched my
heart, and has inspired to the highest
issues the 0 and devotion, which,
IS | we'll know, have ever linked my
Indian subjects and myself.
GEORGE. KING-EMPEROR.
Flashed over mountain and plain,
across lake and stream, from Jamrud
Fort. that grim sentinel which guards
the khyber Pass, fifteen hundred
miles south to Kotar, where the gol-
den sands and the purple sea meet
beneath the palms; from the noisy
thoroughfares Of Bombay fifteen hum
dred miles east to the silent teak for
ests OF Burma, the Emperor's mes
sage has stirred the blood of races
which were old when Alexander the
Great crossed the Indus three hun
dred years before the birth of Christ.
And so it comes about that for the
first time in history the soil of Eu-
rope resounds today to the tread Of
armed men whose ancestors fought in
the wars of Timur the Lame and of
Akbar the Wise.
What is his India which sends it's
warriors to stand shoulder to should
er with strangers in the battle line
Of Northern France in order to up
hold a rule which is foreign to their
land. to their tongue and to their
faith?
India the Miracle.
In a word. India is a miracle. Let
the try to give ON idea Of it's out
standing characteristics.
Burma, one Of it's thirty-Odd main
divisions, is nearly five times the size
Of New York State; the Province of
Bengal has a population larger than
that of Maine, New Hampshire, YER
mont. Massachusetts,. Rhode Island.
Connecticut, New York. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin,; the Presi-
dency Of Bombay covers al area lar
ger than that Of Italy; the united
provinces of Agra and Oodh lave a
population larger than that of France;
the Province Of Madras has a larger
population h Prussia; within the
boundaries Of the Punjab could be
placed Holland, Belgium, Denmark
Switzerland and Portugal.
After all the above named prov.
inces have been subtrated from India
there remains a territory greater thar
France, Germany, AuStria-Hungary
Italy, Spain, Norway and Greece
added together. with a population
larger than hat Of the United States
Mexico n Canada
II is, however, when we turn from
mere figures in relation to the siz'
and population of India and EXAMINE
its political. religious and social con
dition. even in the briefest survey, tina
the country makes good it's claim t.
rank AS a miracle.
Among the three hundred million
people Of India there flourish no les
than one hundred and forty-seven dis
unct languages: n although Their
are Ill India but seven main religions
one IF these, Hinduism, has more tina
wo hundred million followers an
comes therefore, next after Chris
uanlty II C~onfucianiSln in the nu
merical scale of religious adherents.
Hinduism, as the prevailing faith
india. is responsible in a very larg
measure for the peculiar social cor
ditions which make the great penir
sula absolutely different from ever
other country in the world, and whic
invalidate every argument addresse
10 the solution of Indian problem
which is drawn from any part Of hi
man experience in non-Hindu con
munities.
what Their Fighting In Franc
Means.
1t Is impossible to understand an.
thing about the people of India.
70 form any judgment upon the Bri
tsh rule under which they live, or
realize the significance of their pre-
ence In France today unless one n;
clearly III mind a few at least of Il
extraordinary ways in which Hind
ism affects not only the daily life
ns devotees but also that of eve
human being-one might say Of eve
ahilnal-that lives in contact with il
FIRST let US see how the matt
Works as between the Hindu a
nose of his neighbors who are of
inherent faith. To the Hindu the &C
II a sacred animal. ] cannot find a
which would serve to G