The Washington times., 1921-12-09

English speaking union b no guaran-
tee for world peace, because Il would
bring about new balance Of power
In which the 6lavs. LAtins and leu
tons will play q new part.
Then, again. the rise Of the people
Of India and other parts Of Asia
against British imperialism win not
be q very ideal thing for America 70
participate In. We may safely assert
that America is not going to give up
her traditions of avoiding enfangiing
alliances. nor viii she cancel the debts.
for which Mr.. Wells IL pleading.
Thousands Rot In Prisons.
Mr.. Wells In too anxious to convince
the American people about the unde-
STABILITY of India being taken In the
new association of nations. We wish
to relieve his anxiety on this point.
India will be the last one to be eager
10 be associated with the British I'M.
rerial system. To gain one extra vots
and to give expression to charactseis-
tic British hypocrisy. India was taken
INTO The League OF Nations. But the
new India. the revolutionary India.
will be glad to be as far away from
the British imperial system as Mr..
Wells can imagine.
The constituencies Of the Indian
National Congress Is wider than any
thing Britain had before the reform
bill came into operation. This Con-
gress has been outlawed and thou
sands Of political prisoners are rottlng
In prisons. British treatment of
India has no parallel in the history
of barbarism. =
Mr.. Wells. like all the western
scholars. always talks about keeping
peace in India, and thus trying to
compare India of the seventeen cen.
fury with Europe Of the twentieth
century. / wish to take issue with
Mr.. Wells as a student OF history that
Europe, period for period. had more
wars than India ever had.
The fear of Afghanistan and Russia
is the stock argument of the British
Imperialists and Liberals who are
tools of British imperialism. Today
the British governments military ex-
penditures in India are bigger than the
naval and military expenditures of
Japan, whom Mr.. Wells criticises so
much.
Tax Burden Is Terrible.
The immenseness Of this burden on
the Indian people can be only uIder.
stood when big, taking the income
anu WctiitH Vi thO PCOpic
consideration, 1t is revealed that the
expenditure lis heavier than IL II were
three billion dollars annually for the
American people, as the average In.
come of the Indian people is less than
$40 per year.
About the achievement OF the
British government in India these
things must not be forgotten-neg-
lect of education. Eighty-five per
cent 6 the children of the school
going age cannot go to school be-
cause there is no free primary edu-
cational system in India.
Britain's opium monopoly and
opium wars and the manufacturing
and spreading all over the world. of
3 900, 900 pounds of opium for rev.
enue and greed. During the period
1880 over 32.000.000 died OF fam
ines. when over 7,000.0 900 tons of
foodstuff were exported.
Britain's failure to denounce the
Anglo-Japanese alliance Ia due to
the hope Of securing Japanese help
against Indian revolution.
Revolutionary India does not care
for Mr.. Wells or any one Of his
type. But we protest against Mr..
Wells article because he has a great
among Americans who do
not know the other side of his per-
sonality.