Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-15

Although horses and oxen are Still III
use, automobiles known there as
motor cars) are found in great num-
bers in the large cities.
India has a very good educationa
system. There are grammar schools
(known as middle schools), high
schools, colleges and universities. Ii
also has medical, engineering, agri-
cultural and other technical schools
The United States, of course, has {
better system, as it has compulsor!
and free education. To tax indirectl.
both the citizens and the foreigners
in order to educate the youths of 6
country is not a bad idea. Whereas
in India every student has to pay ;
direct tuition fee, with the exception
of a few cases where the deserving
studsnts receive scholarships. Somt
religious sects have private free
schools where the curriculum requires
the study of the doctrines of that par
ticular religion. Quite number OF
Indian young men GO to English uni,
versities in England for higher edu.
cation. English language is taught
in all the government aided schools
from fourth grade ur, an din the col
leges nine- -tenths of the course Is IL
the English language.
The entire British India is di.
vided into many provinces (corre-
spending to the States in this coun-
try)-Bengal, the United Provinces
the Punjab. the Central Provinces
Rajputana, Bombay, Madras, etc. Be
states. which are governed entirely by
the Inaian princes and princesse
known as Raias. Mahara las, RAMS
Begams and Nawabs. The native
states cannot make separate treaties
with any foreign nation without th'
consent of the British government
They have their own courts, conducted
in their own languages. but the!
nearly ALWAYS have political repre-
sentative of the British government
somewhat like an ambassador Or min
lister. India meets all expenses o.
both English and Indian armies with
in its borders; it pays government
officials (both English and Indian)
end. at the end of 25 or 80 years o.
work rroviCes them or their familia'
with pensions. Every Indian city ha'
its own municipal council of the city
who is appointed by the government
. The secretary and other officials ar
elected by the eligible citizens-botf
FOREIGNERS and Indians.
India has excellent macadamizeC
or paved roads and highways through
out the country. The towns have
good buildings and fine parks.
This is what F. Max Muller, the
great writer, has said about India:
'If / ware to look over the whole
world to find out the country mos
richly endowed with all the wealth
power, and beauty that nature ca'
hestow-in some parts verv para,
'ise on earth-I should point to India
If I were asked under what skv tn
human mind has most fully devel-
oped some of its choicest gifts, has
most deeply Wondered on the greates'
problems of life and has found solu-
ton of some of them which well de
serve the attention of those who have
studied Plato and Kant, | should
point to India. And if | were to as
myself what literature we. here II
Europe. NAV draw that
corrective which is most wanted ir
order to make our inner life more
perfect, more comprehensive, more
universal. in fact more truly human
again I should point to India"
The People.
The people of India as rule are
known as Hindustanea or Indians and
not Hindu as they are called here
Hindu is a religion and not a ma
tionalitv. The American Indians or
Red Indians of America and Canada
are named after the people of India.
When Columbus went out to find a
better route to India and lost hi.
watery way, he was carried to
America. and thinking that he had
reached India, he called its inhabitants
Indians. The Rel Indians are the
real Americans.
TIE Indians belong to the Aryap
branch of the Caucasian race. Some
ethnologists have divided the Cau-
casian race into two sub-races, Aryar
and Semetic The Aryan branch OF
the Caucasian race includes Greek.
Latin, TeUton Celtic, Slavonic, Per-
sian and Indian; and the Semetic
branch Of the Caucasian race includes
Hebrew. Asyrian, Roumanian, Baby
lonian, Phenician and Arabian. 1r
the centuries gone by, all of US lived
together in the upper PLATEAU Of Tibet
whence we migrated to different di-
rections of the globe. We, Indians,
after travelling to some distance
south came upon very fertile land
with agreeable climate. Due to the
physical attractions Of the land and
also because the ocean stopped our
iournev farther south, we permanent
ly settled down here. In this place,
which is now known as India, or Hin
GUSTAV. we cultivated lands, raised
vegetables and fruits and took care of
our cattle, and founded and devel-
oped religions and philosophy. Again,
II we go few centuries back, the
L;c +op,r uy;t1 va..aeI the fact +l,a% u,hile.