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The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Profteers Preying on Victims
In Famine Stricken Districts

What kind of people are these. one wonders,
who such sticklers at ancestor worship
and yet who permit their millions to starve?
Worse yet, one reads with amaZement OF
proflteering. of men coming from well to do
districts to buy up land worth four times
as much as they are paying. Worse yet,
thousands of people, admitting that they
can take women and girls to districts where
their lives would be SAFE are doing so only
on the basis of slavery in exchange for
dollar Worse yet. there is the misuse
OF funds contributed for famine relief by
selfish individuals at home, and the misuse
of acquired rights in Chinese territory by
avaricious groups abroad.
But there is another side of the whole
sCrrow-a brighter side. There is, to begin
with. the attempt on the part OF the Gov
ernment to force the railroads to carry food
stuffs into the famine regions for little or
no fees. But the few railroads there are
commandeered by militarists and profitoers
none the less still there are Chinese who
have given all they could to alleviate this
wholesale suffering One Chinese living in
Singapore has given nearly two million;
others in China giving literally.
This is no appeal for money. Whether we
gave or whether we don't. 1t is of the utmost
Importance for Americans to know what the
famine in China means to China and its
possible consequences 10 us. population
or nearly half that of the entire United
States cannot be starving without affecting
not only us but every country in the world.
Tho laws Of supply and remand are subtle
and they have farsreaching consequences.
Some say that America has duty to per-
form to China. That is debatabe, But
self-interest says that America has a duty
to perform toward itself in the present in
stance OF the suffering Of f5.O0O,000 Chinese
which II were dangerous to overlook Self
interest Is no shame. Love your neighbor
90 yourself does not even imply that you
should not love yourself
This is by no means the nrst time IN
Chinas history that fiocd a1i irc- gh' iare
wroneht destruction that land, In tact,
tnoro has never been time when CHINA
has been free from either
A rebuilt China is impossible without an
understanding or a diagnosis Of China's all
ment. There are several doctors standing
over the patient. but In many Instances the
doctors" as incapable OF rendering
assistance as . cat would be TO person
suffering from bubonic plague. The cat IS
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

This political value in vastly compli-
Gated world intereation is not without in
terest to the United States, while it offers
another problem to the British in dealing
with the dominions of the Pacific, south of
the equator.
When Premier Lloyd George announced
he had invited the Irish to participate in
a partnership of the British Empire in the
proudest days of the British Empire, the
triumphs of the peace conference which had
appeared to open up British pathway to
India was probably in his mind.
Since that statement much has occurred
to dampen enthusiasm over the victories at
tanned at Versailles. At the time the state
ment was made the Anglo-Persian treaty
had been negotiated. BY its terms, the part
nership between Britain and Russia in the
control of Persia was to have ended and sole
British Influence was to have been substi-
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Lord Readings Mission Recognized
As One of Greatest Importance

The mission of Lord Reading is important
Il is acknowledged TO be nothing more or less
than an effort to save India" Upon the
success OF his mission depends the continuity
of Eastern influence which Britain has estah
lished as result Of the war, which starts
with "the rock" at Gibraltar, extends
through the Mediterranean and pursues its
course through the Near East by way of
Mesopotamia and Arabia, through Persia
and intervening regions of India itself
Napoleon early recognized India as the
heel of Achilles" in the British Empire and
sought to attack the Briton in that quarter
Nelson and Sir Sidney Smith defeated his
ambitions compelling the substitution Of
Austerltz for the attack on India.
But the same elements Of weakness to
the empire which existed in Napoleon's day
are present now and Soviet Russia has been
quick to recognize the fact.
Soviet and British influences are combat
ting for influence and power in the Near
East and in the region which Alexander the
Great traversed at the head of the Greek
phalanx with India the goal.
In the midst of these projects Great
Britain has undertaken to solve the problem
which its domination of India thrusts upon
it by deliberately disturbing the age long
quiescence Of the Indian people and proposes
to call its huge population to life through
the medium Of political interest
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

climatic conditions were favorable, two
good harvests a year were the result. But
even three yields would have been only
enough to relieve the farmers from slavery
to the soil. What, then, was their consterna-
ton to see the first crop fail and slowly
watch the second shrivel and die. For two
years now there has been no life in the
earth. Less lucky than the jackdaws and
the crows. the Chinese who had energy to
fee to- more hopeful places have been
stopped by guards and told they cannot pass,
for the more thriving regions are afraid of
the admission of 45,000,000 paupers. We
wouldn't allow similar invasion of America
by Europeans, and the Chinese must do like
wise with their own kin.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Situation, Presenting
Difficulties Not Un-
like Those in Ireland,
Holds Vital Interest
toWholeW World-- I'm
rest Grows Despite
Home Rule Measures

the local Indian situation difficult but which
is necessary even to a limited comprehen-
sion of events there
India is a small world in itself, with
background of history which promises little
success for experiment in democracy.
With a population of approximately 3d.
900, 900, the prevailing popular element is
Brahmn, which in itself is divided into
number of castles from which escape or
withdrawal is impossible. It's lowest rung
is the large class of Pariahs, or "untouch-
abes," who to the high caste Hindu is all
that the description implies. The Mosem
is comparatively small portion of the pop
ulation, but he exerts influence greater
than his numbers would warrant. The
Moslems Of India are approximately 60,000,-
900 in number, comprising one-sixth of the
entire population
Heretofore. nationalistic movements have
been opposed by the Moslem and by the low
caste Hindus, who have not relished the
prospect of being subjected to the harsh and
arbitrary rule of the high caste Hindu. 1t
was from this rule that British control
rescued them.
The appeal to religious prejudice has
Jared a portion of the Moslem leaders from
their opposition to nationalism. while the
influence of Gandhi, leader in the movement
against the British, has succeeded in de-
veloping a nationalistic sentiment among
portion of the low caste Hindus.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

ESTERDAY we poked fun at the
Heather Chinee" to-day millions
Of American dollars are crossing the
Pacific to save the most destitute OF these
from cold, plague ard starvation. Seventy
years ago we broke down the doors of
Japanase exclusion; to-day Japan, on the
ground of equality. is ready to challenge our
self-assertions: fifty years from now. with
Americas aid, China may be as free, as pro-
gressive as self-reant nation as either
OF us.
We have done much to bolster up China's
confidence in herself. There are those who
criticise America because much of her help
of China has been Impractical There are
Chinese themselves who have told us that
our friendship has been Of little use because
II did not save Manchuria and IL did sac
rifice Shantung to an ephemeral peace. Even
missionaries report that Chinese. accustomed
to officials who cannot do an act Of kind
ness unless 1t has some material benefit to
the doer, discount the efforts of the mis-
sionaries and the foreigners in general who
are administering relief to the suffering mill
ions in the famished lands. But ! am con-
vinced that when the history of this period
in the life of the Chinese is written moth
ing will stand out as Of greater Importance
than the moral sentimental and financial
backing America gave to China.
The return OF the Boxer indemnity for
educational purposes was the first of the
series; the present American relief organi-
zation will doubtless be the second; while
the furthering Of the reorganization of the
agricultural and transportation facilities fol-
lowing upon this gigantic life saving project
will we hope be the final
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Self Government Measures
Fail to Check Disturbances

In an effort to solve the situation the
Montague Chelmsford report was submitted
to Parliament, providing a limited degree
of self government and envisaging home rule
as an eventual goal This measure became
law in 1919, eighteen months after the
port had been submitted During this period
unrest broke out again. resulting i'm riotng
and disturbances Of various kinds, until the
British Government was moved to adopt a
stern repressive measure. known as the
Rowlatt bill in England but described in
India as the "Black Cobra" bill
These srepressve measures were vigorous
" enforced. finally eliminating in the SO
called massacre at Amrtsar where several
natives were shot down by order of Gen.
Dyer, and many more wounded. The AM
ritsar episode is described as revolution" by
certain authorities. and the British press
has generally shown a disposition to com
mend Gen Dyer for the course taken. Pos
sibly yielding TO expcdiency the Govern
ment censured Gen Dyer severely and re-
called him.
In the meantime, the Indian Nationalist
movement appears to be growing rather
than diminishing, and the activities OF
Gandhi and his successes in creating un-
rest are increasing. With Russian Bolshevist
influence pressing from the north and with
revolutionary activities working from with
in, the British authorities are confronted
with problem of tremendous difficulties.
The British position I'm India is not with
out its supporters within India itself and
il is significant and a tribute to British rule
that the poorer elements OF Indian society.
the Pariahs and intermediate low caste
Hindus, appear oath to join the revou-
tionary movement.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Interest of Whole World
Turns to Far East Problem

Interest i'm the success or failure OF Lord
Readings mission IS not confined to how II
may affect the British Empire. World poll
tics is involved in the problem and the cry
of Asia for the Asatics-the seemingly ar
preaching contest between the Occident and
Orient-is an inevitable corolary OF tie
situation.
The spirit OF nationalism which is sweep
ing India to-day II part OF the nationalistic
movement which was let loose bv the war
and its peace slogan or self-dctermination.
u Is an outstanding example OF the irony OF
contemporary history which has witnessed
tie most intense natlonalistc world spirit
growing out OF an attempt to settle world
problems in terms or internationalism
But as always there are added influences
il the motives which actuate the movement
of peoples. and those Of India are no excep-
tion. Her leaders and thinkers have wit
messed the rise Of Japan as great world
Power, and what Japan has accomplished
the native Indians believe they may achieve.
There goes with this thought the ideal OF
FANTASIA and the possibility Of political
union In some form Or another or India with
Japan is one that appeals 10 Indian leaders
The Japanese are not oblivious to the same
possibility, and II IS this harmony Of indian
and Japanese thought which gives the
Anglo-Japanese treaty OF alliance such vital
interest 10 the British II Is weapon which
the Japanese hold over British diplomats and
India is always In the minds or British
thinkers whenever their thoughts revert 10
the alliance with Japan
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Utilized the Modern Inventions
Which He Processes to Scol

While scorning modern inventions, Gandhi
is understood to utilize railroad trains and
automobiles in travelling about India,
spreading his doctrines wherever he can,
with the result that his popularity appears
to have attained almost Messianic proper
tions.
At a congress held in Nagpur at the close
OF last year, Gandhi. while pleading for
violence. called for the destruction OF
the British Empire and declared that sue
cess of the movement might involve "wading
through oceans of blood" This was but a
sample of the utterances that were made
at this congress-. which declared loyalty to
Great Britain optional and constitutional
methods matters of expedience. The con-
gress declared for non-cooperation with the
British Government in the establishment OF
its new system and for non-cooperation with
the British under any form, except in the
case of schoolboys under 16 years of age.
This attitude suggests resemblance to
the Irish movement which is startling.
Ferment in India commenced before the
world war and there were disturbances dur
ing the war. In spite of this the British
with the aid of it's vassa princes, t12 i'm
number, succeeded in quieting most dis
turbances. Indian troops were taken to Eu-
rope, resulting in another complaint on the
part OF the Indians on the ground that
their soldiers should not be asked to serve
outside of India.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
GandM an Extreme ReHgionist
With a Sweetly Beguiling Tongue

1t is this strange influence which Gandhi
exerts which makes him so dangerous an
element, from the British viewpoint
Gandhi is 81 years old and is described as
an extreme religionist with a sweetly be-
guiling tongue. Although he walks about
like mendicant, with bare feet and the
clothing of the humblest, his influence ex-
tends from the bottom strata of society up
wards
His philosophy prompts him to believe thar
modern civilization is curse. In modern
appliances, in modern machinery in rail-
roads and telegraphs he processes to see
nothing but the works of an evil one. In
the industrial city in which he makes his
home he has developed a social cult which
processes to find it's chief satisfaction in
primitive agriculture and in the simplest
forms of industry. The machine is discarded
and the hand is exalted in their ideal of in
dustry.
Gandhi, the man of mystery in dreaming
India, describes himself in this sentence:
Most religious men l have met are poll
ticians in disguise; l, however, who wear
the guise of politician. am at heart re-
ligious man."
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
5ANDHI, A MONK, IMPERILS BRITISH RULE IN INDIA

At the left Mhandas Karamcand Gnd the ascec who has
India seehing the British Government
Reading formerly British Ambassador the United
called Btan ceverest man. He has
stirred by Gandhi and to
o Indian problem
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
E ntirety Of Empire
Hingeing on Lord
Readings Mission to
Break Grip of Ex-
treme Religionist
andFight Bolshevism
in Far East
By GEORGE r. AUTHIER.
New York Herald Bureau, !
Washington, -. C.. March s. {

w THILE the troubles of the British
w Empire appear to be centred in
Ireland al the present moment
India presents a problem which is probably
more far reaching in its effect upon the
fortunes of the British Empire, News de-
patches from India are frasmentary, but
they suggest a situation varying little in
degree from the conditions of revolt in Ire
land and more serious because the Indian
situation suggests the activities OF more
than so0.000,0oo people. With it is connect
ed the maintenance Of Britain as a world
empire upon which the sun never SETS"
Lord Reading. former Chief Justice OF
England and former Ambassador to the
United States, has been chosen as the
strong man" 10 save the empire which was
Won for Britain more than one hundred and
nifty years ago and where the exploits of
Give and Warren Hastings were enacted
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Britain Plans to Start India
Along Line of Self Government

Under the parliamentary enactment re-
sulting from the Chelmsford re-
port submitted a year before its enactment,
Britain proposes to start India along the
line of self-gSvernment British absolutism
is to be exchanged for form OF representa-
tive government in which the Indians shall
participate, but which shall be so weighted
that the British will be able to determine
political and legislative problems whenever
IL wills. 1t is described as beginning in
self government, during which period the
Indian is TO be put to school SO that he
may learn the elements of democracy.
The suggestion is met with threats of open
revolt and demand for complete separation
under the leadership OF an amazing ascetic
whose monklilSe demeanor, coupled with ar
eloquent tongue, has thrown India into a
seething state of unrest.
is no name with which the English are more
familiar to-day than that OF Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi and the cult he repre-
sents in India has taken his name. Gand
hism is to-day an open threat against con-
tnued British rule In India.
II is this situation which Lord Reading
will have to face. situation which will call
for all the powers this eminent man pos
sesses. With its success or failure will mean
the continuation or the end of the Asiati2
Empire which British leaders, under the
aegis Of sea power, have endeavored to con-
struct. No man within the last hundred
years has been called upon for a performance
Of greater import 70 the British Empire.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

tuted. But Bolshevist influence, by a clever
appeal to the spirit of Persian nationalism,
has prevented ratification of the treaty by
Persia. Soviet ENJOYS, seeking commercial
and political recognition from England have
used the Persian situation as club to
which Lloyd George has nearly succumbed
1t is still being used in the pending negotia-
tions which Leonid Krassine is understood
to be conducting with the British Govern
ment. 1t is not only in Persia that Boshe-
visit influence has threatened the line of COM
munications with india it's disturbing in
fluence being equally evident throughout the
Near East and more especially in Turkey.
Within this entire region. largely Moslem
in character. the Turkish problem has been
Of immense value to Russia, since it suggests
the possibility of stirring up a holy war
against the British, and the succession to
the Caliphate is being held in allegiance pend
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
By SYDNEY CREENBIE.

z ESTERDAY we poked fun at the
Heather Chinee'; to-day millions
Of American dollars are crossing the
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Famine Blasts Five Provinces
With Population of 81 900 ,ooe

There has been no famine in the history
OF the world that compares In extent and
severity with the one now ravishng the
greater part of five provinces in the heart
Of China. where some 81 100000 people have
been affected: half Of them have been stalk
ing gaunt with hunger from early in fall.
Ten thousand are dying every day from
starvation, cold and disease. Before the
winter Is over and the new harvest can
possibly be counted upon for mitigation of
this torture Of q nation some $4,000, 900, ac-
cordng to most estimates, will have sue
cumbed
Thousands Of people. unable TO see their
children starve, are tying them to trees and
leaving them behind unwilling to watch
them succumb: others are selling their girls
and women into something worse than
death; still others are committing suicide by
hanging, poison and drowning. Added TO
the two years Of drought followinG the year
or unheard OF floods has come n visitation
OF locusts so great that any who dsbelieves
The story Of the plaques Of Egypt should go
10 some Of these places and dsbelieve no
more.
The famished region extends from the
Yangtse River 10 just below Pekin--a plain
OF more than 500 miles The land was rich
and fertile. like our Western prairies. and
ts main yield was wheat About 90 per
cent Of its people tillco the soil which they
owned in small sections Generally. when
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-27


IL / had nothing TO do except to sit at
a mahogany desk in a fine office all
day I would be fresh as a daisy at
night and glad to go around and get
a little exercise and fresh air"
And there you are. with two people
each thinking the others occupation
is a picnic, and their own job grind
ing work because neither has ever
tried TO shoulder the others burden.
Furthermore it is perfectly logical
that they should take this opposite
ways seen each others lot from diff
ferent angles.
Home means to the man a place of
rest and relaxation, good food. and
cleanliness and order-the most de-
sirahle and comfortable spot in the
world in which TO be. and he has nc
conception of the endless labor II takes
to produce this result. He never stops
10 think of the hours it takes to pre-
pare the dinner that is eaten in half
an hour, of the WEAKNESS that has
gone into the washing of dishes and
clothes. and the sweeping of floors
that are soiled and Uttered up again
as soon as cleaned.
Nor can his widest flight of fancy
picture what a drain on the vitality is
the care of even the most angel chill
dren with their incessant activities
their fights and quarrels. and wailings
and ceaseIess call on mo-o-o-ther. He
knows that a single Sunday afternoon
alone with wo year old lSiddie wears
him TO a frazzle. but he labors under
the Illusion that a woman doesn't ever
weary of her babies. and that ii is
just fun for her to be on the jump
with them all day and half the night.
And women have the same hallu-
cination about a mans work being ALI
beer and skittles because going down
town means a spree to them. IL means
the thrill of shopping. or being in
crowds, lunch. and perhaps a
matinee or picture show, and they
have a vague idea that a business
man passes his time in a round OF
pleasures,
They know nothing of the wearing
grind of the daily treadmill, where
sick or well, man must toll on on
lose his job. They never dream of the
oyerbearing insolence of the man
higher up, or the evaporation of em-
ployees who have no interest or loyalty
in their work, of the heart breaking
nerve wearing anxiety of the man who
sees his whole fortune trembling in
the balance in some trade. They dc
not know that every dollar is bought
with blood and sweat.
Business woman, who have been in
the thick of the fight themselves
know this. and that is why they make
the best wives. and the most consider
ate wives in the world. They know
what men have TO endure, and they
sympathize with them, but men have
never had a chance to find out how
hard is woman's lot, and that is why
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-27

pointed cap and red jacket, and be-
sides he had a crooked nose.
Dancing Doll had a dainty little
face, red cheeks. black eyes and black
curls all over her little head so You
see poor Jack might well feel back
ward about telling his love.
But after a while Dancing Doll de-
cided that she would marry Jack
there is no one else here" she said
20 herself, .and 1 expect there never
viii be-
Il have to stand on shelf or some
place where j can be seen, and few
would care 10 live the way do. Jack
is such a nice. steady fellow. He never
seems TO care about the toys on the
floor, but is content TO sit here beside
ne. And he does not seem to mind if
do not dance. He is happy because
l am here. 1 think l viii marry him,
for really ! ann very fond OF Jack
After reasoning in this way for a
while Dancing Doh told Jack-in-a-
Box she would marry him, which
made Jack so happy he almost jumped
out of his box for JOY.
They did not set the day, beca use
some of the toys were out of the play
room, having been left downstairs by
the little Mistress, and Dancing Doll
wanted a big wedding, so every toy
must be there.
The next day some one came to the
shelf and touched the spring in Dane
ing Girls. back. and around and
around she whirled. her little feet
moving so fast you would have ex-
pected them TO drop off.
Now, when Dancing Doll finished
her dance she looked toward Jack, as
she always did. but no smiling face
greeted her; the box was closed.
She could not believe her little black
eyes at first, so she looked again. Yes,
it was true his box was closed. He must
have gone away and left her alone on
the shelf.