Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-23

ed by women, took out membership and James F. Knott of New York, a frequent visitorSto Norwich, also in- vested in a membership.
 Indian Editor Speaks For England
 After the campaign reports had been made and the total for the day an nounced, President Worth of the Ro- tary club again took charge of the. meeting. He introduced as the speak CT of the day Rustom Rustomjei, edi- tor of Oriental Review of Bombay and a member of the Indian National Con- gross.
 have often been asked what my mission is in America, said MT. Rust omjei and why l have been travelling back and forth, north and south, east and west. My object in coming to this country is three-fold. When the war was on I told the people of America what. India was doing for the cause ] of the allies. Judge not India by l few who have sold their birthright for | a mess of potage, German gold. Judge | India by the million men who fought 1 side by side with the armies of the | allies.
 It has been said that the situation in Europe is serious, but believe me, the situation iIi Asia and Africa is a hundred fold more serious. The peo- 1 pie of America realize the danger of 1 bolshevism. Mohamedanism has noth- ing in common with bolsheVism but their combination has become so pow erful that 1t will shake the very foun- dation of civilization if you don't stand together.
 1 Charges have been made against the British rule in India, by propagandists the speaker said, and he went on 10 state that he wanted to answer those charges. Great Britain, he said, has built 160 900 miles of irrigating canals in India, converting millions of acres of barren wastes into fruit fields and farms.
 Great Britain has built 25.O00 miles of railways to carry food north, south east and west in India. Great Britain he continued, has the most wonderful famine relief system in the world il India. In 1918 when 35000,000 people in India were affected by famine no' ten people died of starvation.
 The speaker said there were othel ways of telling the people of America ] what Great Britain has done in tha land of forty different language speak ing peoples and he read figures tC show that India, instead of becoming poorer has become exceedingly rich , What was the condition prior 10 thu esta bHshment of British rule in In , dia? he asked. Revolutions, and succession or 1nNdSlOnS. II you wan , to see the monument Great Britain i
 building in India, look around, but no with your eyes shut nor your mind
 poisoned by propaganda.
 Mir Rustomjei. paid tribut to tn
 late Col. Roosevelt who visited India e and spoke of William Howard Taft il - glowing terms.
 When the war broke out and Indi
 was stripped of British troops. Indi
 was first in the, field to offer her me
 and her money in the defense of tn
 British Empire, said Mir. Rustomje
 1t was India's reply to the German : dream of the east.
 Before he closed his address NJ
 Rustomjei answered charges tha
 Great Britain is not preparing the peo
 pie for self government and is deny
 ing them educa tional advantages. l Will Hear School Children's Answer
 Before the meeting came to a clos
 Robert A. Crosby, manager of tn
 Chamber of Commerce campaign sai |. that at the noon luncheon Thursda
 reports will be made on the schot
 children's answers to the question
 naires recently distributed by th t. campaign leaders.
 Some very good suggestions hay |. been made by the. boys and girls as [ n improvements that might be made i
 the city. Other interesting informa f tion will be forthcoming as there is V large pile of the returned question
 naires at headquarters.