Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 3, 1910, Page 22

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ndia is Undergoing a General Awakening; Mohammedans Active is country has mineval res er been exploited. No one oal. Ouly steel. T which have n knows what we have. Take our a few years ago the people sneered at the coal of Bengal and said it was of no vaiue We exported more than 2,000,000 tons of tha coal last year, and during that time our output was almost 10,000,000 tons, We have a coal field at Bokaro which covers 200 miles and is supposed to contain The Mohammedans Want a.Share 1n the-Govevoment ¢ ¢ € & & © it, 1819, by Frank G. Carpenter.) our population’might have done, but they ALCU'TTA, 1910.—(Special Covre- asked as though they had the right to as spondence of The Bee)—Will @ud with the expectation that theil claims India break away fr at Would be granted. Since that time thig fee' It John By Britain? ing has grown. 1t has spread, and we are ‘“‘Suppose the Br Qan the 500,000,000 11indoos, Mo~ now having demands of various kinds from would be the result?” bammedans and ot in- the representative natives of all parts of ‘“There is no danger of tha (Copyr Hindoos, and especially for the educated Hindoos who are called the Babus.” 1 Lett Ina should le ve? Wha squa ' was the In T tion i W 1.500 million tons of avallable goal. In the X habit It unite in a rebellion? ndia. The situation is serious, and we are reply. “We could not leave if we would. Karanpura fields there are something like % What would huppen if the British should trying to handle it o This is a part of our share of the white nine billlon tons, and we have other de- ave and the government he given over to iy man's burden, and we must carry if, what- posits of considerable value. We have iron tive: Hindoos a rmmedan b~ L tot far from the coal, and steel works are > s of lhe unrest an 6 5 ut suppose A % Kelve. o o What are the causes of (he w 1 Jut can the Mindoos and the Moham- ..pp “’“:’!‘T*u” A R now being put up with native capital t what can be done to allay it? medans work together And will they . < ;’ ‘Vflu “u',"‘""‘ out of the " manufacture with native iron and native ‘fhese ate some of the big questions dis- gy goo+ country «and_give the rule is the natives ore. Within a short time we shall be mak- Cussed here below the Himalaya mountains I think not.” was the reply, “Nefther Uhe Ie%ult Would be anarchy. The country ing steel rafls for our East Indfan roads on the other side of (he globe. Let me give would be flooded with blood and the ve: ts the other, We have three times as There is no reason why we should not you a stray talk or so which 1 have had many Hindoos as Mobammedans. There llvl‘?‘-mf]le who are denounciug us would be e e ra akrathid tadvaibp 'th. with British officials concerning them. MY are 4,000,000 Mohammedans and 2000 o _1'5:~ ‘m die. The Mohammedans would B ior. dinE SRR NAEY fitst conversation was with the former bri- 60,000 Hindoos. The Mohammedans are x;um k the Hindoos. They' would rush down her lines vate secretary of the viceroy, Colonel DUn- 4¢'aid that they would lose in any suen F0M the Punjab and capture’ Beugal. The PRpAL T 0 DRy lop Smith. Every one who knows anvthing combination. One rea of the India of today knows him. He has are so much in the majority, and another been connected with the civil service for & {s that their better education and fitness quarter of w~century and is acquainted With of mind would give them the advan in the people and the country from Tibet 0 any governing body where onal Afghans would march over the border and take back the valley of Peshawar, which we liave wrested from them. and the war Nepalese would loot the Bengalis, nizam of Hyderabad would throw son is the Hindoos Great Britain get much out of T asked, ‘*“The most ollect in taxes is spent Sir Edward of the money you herc s it not?" LIEUT-GOV OF. BENGAL ¥es, the most of tho taxes go back to the country and are used for its improve- of Indla, your excellen Suppose YOU ¢ and development. Nevertheless, the were not controlled by Great Britain, but ot "0 ey tages which acorue from our that you had the same armies and the . o i) India are enormous. Our same administrative machinery that you to with Indla amounts to hundreds of have today, what would you do to bet- i 2 VAR ERIN’ 15 Beo- y millions of pounds every 3 » wxflw C;’:'mth:‘" :‘r‘\'s-x:ulw'..:v:"x):‘l\ tarigy, Titable. Another thing we na\-r !hrluu;h Pt a b a protective tariff. ), o nnection is the support of & large I would encourage the establishment of (it PN ol ver 200,000 tropps, factorics and favor them In overy Way . gyom more than two-thirds are natives, as to the making of goods for India in 3 All this ls, supported by the taxes, and competition With those of Iurope, Japan tha. mothsr , cauttry, & ‘Aghting bis Ceylon. | When I asked him as to the awak- qualification might be required.” armies into the struggle and there would be an educ ening of Asia he replied: I asked this same questlon later in the © PCOT® Of great forces warring upon, one ““Fhiere 15 10 doubt hut that Asia if fast day of bne of the viceroy's cabinet. e 2NOther, to say nothing the feuds between waking up. The whole continent is on its replied: tribes. At the UMeof the mutiny in 187 teat. ' I have seen signs of its rising for “The most of our troubles come from f,’}"'{i,,."f,..‘c“,".,,‘,‘“”"' S ice ook ‘sdvanidge years, and now thess signs are 5o evi- the educated Hindoos, although many of gayqe wRIta seitle] thelr ' long, time dent that he who runs can read them. You them are still loyal to the government. “These paopl 5 % call it un awakening. Other people,call it As to the Mohammedaus, they are com- gone¥ietidh ‘“l*-'i’e treasure injuries from unrest. But call it What you please, there paratively quiet, but they want a greater by Wm‘ ‘" 0 P"Ef'“"fl and they grasp is undoubtedly & change golng on in the share in the administration of affairs, ,o S0C !:‘”1 to -continue . the vendettas intelleotual conditions of this part of the They uré not in favor of any changes yggo - ‘Melrancestors. There would be world. You can see it in Japan, Persta, which might put the Hindoo on horseback, . 5ou8 Wars and caste wars, family wars 5 : it gl China and Turkey. Tt is 0 here, and that and they fear that If a representative gov. "’l“" Wars of private grievances. The Hin- - —— pndiathen parte of the world, SWhat :“_' force which I8 always kept in good train- with aimost every class of our people. ernmeut should be instituted the enormous poegeue . oo &routid down by the Moham- S dia needs 1s Infustria) development, ad @ ing and which can be shipped anywhere India, a8 you know, is & world. It is @ numbers of the Hindoos would give them “"‘h:’,‘,'” a2d: robbed right -and lett. The LASPAT RALTBE ANTI-GOVERMENT AGITATOR —— profeative carte bk ol that about. 0 the shortest notice. At the time of land of many countries and many lan- the majority of the offices. You have, of . medans are far the braver as fight- As it 1s we are tled up by the manu- /'y 0. war our East Indian soldlers were gudges. ' There is as much difference be- course, read of Lajpat Raj, the anti-govern- .18 Men, and they would welcome the strug- facturing industries of = Great Britaln. ' "ine first on the field.” fween the native of the Punjab and the ment agitator whom we had to ship out of 5% Indeed, the horvurs of such a situa- element among the Hindoos, as well as of British empire ' had we handled you We can levy no duties to speak of upon RE it theca' i Batwied the Bwede Aud: theioountsy tlon cannot Lo described. The rest of the ther races. _ Dproperly. We all know that we made a Our imports of cottons. -¥e once had SHERMEC TR g S the Italian, the American and the Turk “He was a native lawyer, a student of :""I",M"'l Bt oy e e mnouldti, LMot R | thes JINIEHRN - Rvarhe b A taKe: thi Ve Togreb i and ey will m,”l'r‘”‘ \‘"".\;Tm\l',':':,“;f;,.‘“"\m{‘,“',, “You have been in India over thirty years “Thjs awakening is not contined to auy the College of Lahore, who belleved in gury whi . OF N8ving fled from the mansion at tho end of the Maldan, oBPO- not make another. ~Personally I think mill jhen objected, saving that it ruined ..\ " naition of the natives improved?” 5 A . d Which ‘God placed upon fus; and soms ®lte the viceroy's palace.. M question the United States would be far better off their trade. They demandéd that an e: 0 L i) /il ane religion,” Colonel Smith continued. “It India for Indians. He was an eloquent fel- Bokiniiicy i 3 3 _ . v " Beriigss e Yes, they are far better off than thay £ : 10" other power would rush In and take po was direct. Said I: than it is if it were one of our colonles. cise duty be added to equalize our con 4 ; B 18 suppoSed to be fomented by the Hindoos, low and could stiv up the Hindoos, but ston.”* ¥ "Dos > S0P L encellent think the daY We should thien have & great Anglc xon petition, and the result was that the \\r':: when I came, They get higher wage dais as well. One of thie Jeading Moham- I onve heard him make an incendiary ¢ Red 43 ik amount belng levied on_ all goods made Thelr houses are better. When I first ca medans of the rorth came to my office In speech at Lahore. Iis audlence was a One of John Bull's Leasons. Ly ::‘:“v\).» emphatic reply U"rj.{ nu“\ :l'ln.l not reply. But a Japanese 1::‘I| dia “lij‘.b 1l;l " lmd.v- n‘.l,v -.h.]\ \‘:‘[w‘ most of them were roofed with , thatc thel midst of the war hetween thic Japauese mixed body of Mohammedans and Hindoos, _AlOng this same lne 1 have talked With we could not If we weald, Ows pre expression crept fnto my mind. It was: object? A protective farlff would fostor MBRY now have roofs of tiles. Altogether and the Russians. Ie referced to Japan's He was denouncing the British, and de- Sir Fdward N. Baker, the lleutenant 8ov- yolcy js to so govern the people that “It is to laugh our industrles and we could in time build the People ar r off." victorjes and significantly =ald (fiat they manding that India should be governed by ernor of Bengal. Sir Edward has spent h!s pev will be more and more loyal to us ? ¢— up a mighty Industrial en; % About how there in the pr meant much for Indig. When that war was natives. Upon that a Mohammedan in the Whole Iifo In Indla and has held all 2orts We are trying to do that. We appreciate Protective Tariff in Indin. g i nces you g ever we received deputations of Moham: crowd cried out: ‘When we want a new ©f positions, gradually rising until he Is medans who clajmed certain rights and ruler we won't chose a banya (tradesman) NOW near the top. He was. financlal secre- privileges. They did not get sdwn on their like you. We would rather have the Brit- tary of the viceroy during the last adminis- Ihees with thelr hands folded in the attt- ish.' Well, that Is the feeling of the Mo- tration, and us governor of Bengal he now tude of prayer, as some other classes of hammedans, They have no use for the rules many milllons of the most turbulent the rights of the native and respect My conversation with the lieutenant them. You see have learned some governor of Bengal here drifted toward “Could lessons from our troubles over certain of finance, upon Which he is an authority In the texti colonles “in the past. We might have the far ea kept the Unlted States as a part of the Something Indin's Conl iron. su do this along other lines than < n as to the unpest? osed to be the place in whict ile lies, al 13 suy t. Sald I: “Yes. There is “Suppose you were the absolute ruler should not make no reason why India In iron and j (Continued on Page Three.) [—————— = Lt = truth, I am amazed at what you people have accomplished with the appropriation at thelr command. While your bullding does not contain the costly marbles and other materiais which arc used in the more expensive capitols of eastern -states which t millions, your bullding, both in its exterlor appearance and especlally in the interior finlshings, wil compare favorably with any of the capitols of the country, and, In fact, it is ahead of many of them s represented as a begutiful woman in the spol light, with the figure of Hope floating over her and pointing forward. Trappers and settlers are beating back and overcoming the lIndlans, who are clinging to her garments, attempting to im pede her progrest. Outlawry, represented by a dark and hooded figure, is scuttling away Into the darknese. In the background prairie schooners of the early settlers are 5 1 to be seen making their way across the In the harmonious and artistic finishing prairie. The picture Is a strong one and ahich you have secured.” attracts the attentlon of all While the membership of the capitol com- In the supremec court room the general . mission has chunged with changing state color effcct ¢ In browns, tans and gold. officials since the beginning of the work, The mural painting by Charles Halloway, the principal part of the construction has represents the “Gate of Justice.” This s been under the supervision of the present emblematlc of justice of the early middle sommisslon, consisting of Governor Robert ages, (0 the centor the Spirit of Mercy, B. Vessey, Secrctary Samuel C. Polléy on each slde the guardians of the law de- Auditor John Hgning and State Land Com- manding thelr penalty, while before them missioner O. C. Dokken.) They -havo kneel lespalring und the remorsefully | voted much time and attention to secure gullt the best it was possible for the state Tho color effect in the senate m s secure for the money tat theirr command, green, fvory and gold, harmonizing with | and have devoted a great deal of personal the marble ot and columns. The ime¢ and attention to the details of the wvork and may well take pride in what they have secured mural paint 5y Charles Holloway 1s symbolle treatinent of the subject of the .oulslana purchase. The center group In thelr work they recelved the hearty 5 of the acqulsition of the territory of accord of Contraetor O. . Olsen, Supe: Louisiana by Ame from France. Lou- visor Samuel M. Lea, Architect C. 1. Bell islana is represented as an Indlan woman, und Decorator Willlgma G. Andrews, who were apparently as much tnterested in giv- ing the people of the state good* work and an artistic bullding in which the atate could take pride, as w 0. H. OLS tives of the state In secu Capitol Contractor. Lure over wi \merica {8 plicing ‘the flag states, a nee 1 from whom the garment s fallen. France, by her side, of the treaty which the e wus rat The back d i estive of Spaln and the flowers of 0. K.’ DORKEN, ce tell o the the representa- ng such a strue- afah Smith, ts kneeling in prayer be with the Indians, in which Jes uge one of the party The general color effect In the HE new state capitol of South The building is constructed of Lrown Dakota, which was dedicated to Sandstone for the first st with the rast chamber o ‘1 s o "".‘“ w and fore starting out for rescue for the party the use of the state by formal Of Bedford limestone, ocnd over 20 r’.-‘»‘v h t‘vn nu ',‘ : ¥ " “‘ b “" i .m‘ 4 ru,nu N ‘: lvw‘ must ma his way among ceremonial formalities on Thurs- In extreme length, end one-tnird that in i i~ M: 4 ;|‘ » he ”‘”" i y T ;“‘w "’:q ”,‘,‘ n N ]\V‘r II‘ \.n.»lul to have Leen day, will stand as & monument Width In the central portion. 1t stands on sy Lk Bargyvisripon Pofb A P ! ”-1 er of r4|.4 up by a white to the cApitol commission, and & commanding :minence and is one of the * b STi7. man-1n erritory Dakota. to the) men who have been actively en- MOSt prominent landmarks for the traveler —— - - 4 #aged In the work for the last three years, entering the city from elther the cast or It 18 the wonder of all who see It, not so Wes much on aécount of its general appearance, In the but ‘for the fact that the decorations the bullding best. The rotunda s a ploture been interested have been abl he general cojor effect is Ivory, strubture of such commanding appearance blue, tan and goid, harmonizing with the wnd | faterior Deauty’ for the amount of marble wauscot and columns, and was mondy Which the leglsiature allowed them planned under the personal supervision of o that purpose. It stands out pre-eml- Willlam Q. Andrews. The mural paintings b 3 g Gently s ‘oe public ‘stfucture. which has by Edward Simmons represent the tamily, 4 N % o disappointing, notes Parls Cosmos, as the wings Leforo the true fiying machine ar Liden: built, “on honor” and without anyone mining, agriculture and stock raising. il v - P s G faillure of the flying-machine to fly 1t rives ‘That s, there iy in existence today gettipg anythipg out of the appropriation Ing the circular panels on the pendentives 3 ALBEEI‘BGVNTOFSWKHS o flying mnrvhlf‘.o could fly," to auote our no such-thing es a ing machine, | tor himpelf. With but $000,000 on which go Of the dome are herole slae figures on a t 3 contemporary, “there Would be some basis althoukh it seems quite Impossible to make | work, the commission lLas secured a struc- Soild Roman gold backgroun!, the color for the great expectations of the layman the man In the street realize the faot. i en who have shows at i Flying Machine Never Flies to secure a ln itself Nothing in the recent history of aviation, to be found in the point that ‘the fixed both fu this couniry and abroad, is so plancs must glve wuy to the flapping In the governor's reception room b color effect is In decp olive tones. All the ornament Is in relief, finished In Florence %ol¢ The furniture {n the riom ‘s mas- slve uncolored muhogany, upholstered with ture ‘wilich Wwill ¢ompete. with any In the blending with the general decorative on the subject of aviation. Of course, no The brothers Wr'ght, Lilienthal and other sbuntry In appearance externally and in its schem fying machine veally flles at all, not- have proved that under certain very favor RO el | dadorftions. In. speaking ' of the (The luneite at the head of the massive withstanding t onfirmed popular im- able conditions soaring feats are possible: sulldlng, Fdward H, Blashfield, (he New murble main stairway represents the be- prossion that th ans, the \Wrights Lut “‘when it Is proposed to employ motive Fork' midral palnter, Who his done mural L0nIag of commeice, The white trader is leather. The rug und draperies are Ir 304 ¢he Wty SSPEME S1y. SHEGHIN Tos ' pOwesvIOr et MBIt O ttier witye soik for wany of the guvernmen: ings Shown seaicd on his caios, whici Le has shades of green aonising with the sl 1o e ey i O%- e come AP Sysiesh'e Bivmition. afhich A the national capital, and fu ous Grawn from ilie sires.s, and i desling with AT R n planstion of the P y that ex- nutura tells us shall hever be soived by A wate vapltels over the coun In @i Indiaa for w vobe spicad out belfure . : sert on aviat'c Mr. H. Mussac Bul mun Current Literatures 8 U FoLLBY Ly Edva JOMN HIENING

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