The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-01-21
ENGLAND HAS HER TROUBLES

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thar the United States
She he's on her hands an Irish in
surrection amounting almost TO re-
beIlion which IS nlomentarily growing
more acute and alarming.
4 cloud. no bigger at first than a
mans hand, has arisen II India. and,
ike Elijahs cloud, is assumins vast
proportions and threatens to spread
over that part of her dominions
Mr.. NJ. H. Grand, a native Of In
dia. an accomplished lawyer and writ
q Of vigorous force and ability, re-
caguizing midas he1plessness as
war power, is. advocating system -oe
boycos ii order to accomplish India :
aims
He says:
..Tt i az amazing as it is humliiat-
inc that less than 100000 white men
should be able to rule 3l5,OVo,Vvo ~
dams They do so somewhat undouDt-
adIv by force but more Dy securins
our cooneratioa in thousand WAYS
and naaking us more and more neip-
EIass and dependent on them, as time
goas forward. Let us not mistake re-
formed councils tlegislatures), more
Law courts. and even g0vernorsnlps
for real freedom or power. They are
hit subtler methods of emasculation.
The British can not rule US by mere
force And so they resort TO all
means. honorable and dishonOrable,1 IN
order to retain their hold on India.
They want midas billions and they
want midas man-power for their
imperialistic greed. II we refuse to
supply them with men and money, We
achieve our goal. namely, Swaraj,
lself-rule). equality, manliness."
Training in arms for the present,
he says, s.is out of the question for
England has her well-armed and dis
ciplined armies on midas soil, and
any attempt at military preparedness
would be Immediately suppressed"
There can be no swaraj, (self-ruleD.
he says, without our feeling and be-
ing the equals of Englishmen."
He then proceeds:
To-day we feel that we are depend
ent upon them for our internal and
external security for an armed peace
between the Hindus and Musselmans,
for our education and for the supply
OF daily wants, nay. even for the set
Element Of our religious squabbles.
The rajas are dependent upon the
British for their powers and the mil
lionaires for their millions. The Brit
ish know our helplessness. To get
Swaraj, then, is to get rid of our help
Iessness.v
Illustrating this helplessness he.
makes the comparison of the tabled
lion, having been brought up in the
company of goats, found it impossible
to feel that he was a lion.
He quotes Tolstoy as saying:
Mankind often labors under hypno-
tism. Under its spell continuously we
have the feeling of helpIessness. The
British themselves can not be expect
ed to lift us out OF it. On the contra
ry, they. din into our ears that we
shall be fit to govern ourselves only
by slow educative processes. =
AS for me- he says:
THE only training in swara we
need is the ability to defend ourselves
against the whole world and to live
our natural life in perfect freedom
even tho it may be full of defects.
Good government is no substitute for
self-gOvernment The Afghans have az
bad government. but it is self govern
ment. | envy them. =
Then he goes on to say.
What India can not accomplish by
war she can achieve in another and
a better way to work out her destiny
He tells how that way is He says:
BY pure self-sacrifice-i e., self
publication. This can be done only
by incorporation And non-cooper-
alton is possible only when those who
commenced to cooperate begin the
process of withdrawal If we can but
free ourselves from the threefold
Maya (illusion) OF government con-
frolled schools, government law
courts, and legislative councils. and
truly control our own education. regu-
late our disputes, and be Indifferent
to their legislation. we are ready to
govern ourselves. and we are only
ten ready to ask the government
servants whether civil or military. "a
resign, and the taxpayers to suspend
payment of taxes. I =
80 England's hands are ful oe
troubles and they promise to grow
mere and more aggravating as time
passes.
IN tine Australia, New Zealand.
South Africa. Canada, Nova Scotia
and her other PARKWAY possessions
vii be- demanding self-determina.
ton tselfsulel and the imperial pow
er Of the Great British. Empire viii
gradually diminish and become as
other empires that have had their
rise and fall.