The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-19
improved and developed rather than
undermined and destroyed"
Wants No More Change of Masters.

wants NO MORO NndH9e OF MdSLcFss
The breaking up now of the British
empire In Asia, Har Dayal asserts.
would lead ''only to change of masters
for the peoples of India and Egypt"
event, would be unable to defend them.
selves against other sturdy European
nations that may harbor ambitious de.
signs Of world empire.
"They will be too weak" Har Dayal
adds, seven to keep out the Asiatic
vastated their fertile plains so often
In the past. And the causes of this
weakness are manifold. These nations
are patriotic In their own way. but
their patriotism Is lukewarm and pas
sive. They are not capable Of sacri-
fcing much for freedom If they were
kcenly patriotic they could not have
been conquered by England. Their an
cient history Is indeed noble and inter-
esting, but 1t Is rather moldy with age
and lacks the inspiring power of re-
cent achievement. The climate of In
dia and Egypt Is enervating and dis
poses mems minds to repose and con-
temptation rather than TO sustained ac-
tivity.
"History seems to prove that warm
countries produce superior intelligence
while cold regions breed strong and
courageous races. However that may
be, Ii Is certain that the Indians and
Egyptians cannot prevail in battle
against the Germans, the Russians, the
Kurds, the Afghans and the japanese,
even IL they are determined to fight
for their countries with the courage
OF desperation. Thus IL Is
foolish for Southern races to imagine
that they IAN, in the long run, hold
their own against the Northerners IL
II comes to a trial of strength between
them"
BerIin-B agdad Awakening.
OF his German experiences, which
led to his change of view regarding
British control In India, Har Dayal
writes:
"These reflections suggested them
selves to me with greater force than
ever before as / watched from Berlin
the course of events In the near East
In the winter of 1886. Serbia was
crushed and occupied about that time.
and the famous ~'Balkanzug' began to
run between Berlin and Constantine
pie. Huge ~placards, with the words
'Hamburg-Bagdad' could be seen in the
windows of the newspaper offices In
Berlin. All this set me thinking.
"The Germans were supposed to be
the allies OF the Turks against the 9th
err European powers. but now the
Turks found that they had got task.
masters instead of friends. Germany
poured men and material into Turkey
Bagdad' was the goal of German am
bition. All barriers that had stood be-
tween Teutonic Imperialism and the
much-coveted treasures of old Asia had
disappeared. A German empire In
Asia was well-nlgh within the range OF
practical politics. That spectre fright
ened all thinking Orientals. who had
hitherto looked upon Germany as their
champion against British imperialism
The cry 'Berlin-B agdad' was ominous
In ears. Turkey had really been
conquered without a blow. The fool
lsh Turks had themselves opened the
doors to their masters
New Masters for Old.
1T was the story of the man, the
horse, and the stag ver again. / be-
ron "a fhipE Of a,,r haloyad India and
her northwestern frontier. The Ger
mans intrigued with the Afghans and
other wild tribes In Persia and Turk,
estan. The n of a German-Turk
ish-Pathan Invasion could no longer
be overlooked. And In that moment
saw clearly that India would simply
be overwhelmed by her old enemie.
and by new ones IL the German adven
turers obtained a foothold east o.
Suez. Whatever may happen, no sol
of India will ever consent that foreign
soldiers should be allowed to enter In
dia again from the northwest, wheth
err they come as friends or foes.
Imperialism Is always an evil, bu
British and French imperialism In 1t
worst forms Is a thousand times pref
cradle to German or japanese imperI
allsm. The English and the French ar
: at least gentlemen In personal inter
: course, and they have free institt
lions at home which exercise a libel
. alizing influence IN their colonial pc
icy In spite Of themselves. The mear
|, est English or French lingo canne
abolish the Magma Charta or blot on
the words, Liberte. Egalite, Fraterr
ite.' But the Germans have no trad
, ton of freedom.
, The DetestabIe Prussian.
"The Prussian rules over all th
Germans, and the Prussian Is perhap
, the most detestable biped on cart
] He Is selfish, avaricious, heartless, a
rogant, INSCRIPTIONS and servile.
slave and a bully. he is cruel to tn
! weak and obsequious to the stron,
> He understands only the law Of fore,
: and worships power and rank. He
: an upstart, and has all the vices Of tn
parvenu. He suffers from incurabl
m~egalomania, to which political kept
mania and other serious disorders hay
= been added during the last thirt