INDIANS SECRETLY ARMING.

NZ Truth, Issue 100, 18 May 1907, Page 1

INDIANS SECRETLY ARMING.

LOfTpON, April 27. According to the ''Indian Daily N«p " the Hindus and Mohammedans m Dacca, Narainganj, and Maimansingh, . ; m Bengal, where there is bitter resentment 'against th,e division of the province, for administrative pprpps^s, are secretly auniflg. . 99rio'vs tirou^e is threateEi^' .% • • : > ■■■ ' ■;• •- "Serious trouble is threatened;" Of course there is. The only .thing to cause 'any wonder is that "serious trouble" was (not threatened long ago. The peoples of India— we say peoples. ts[eoause that country contains a number of considerably differing colored peoples— have long been plundered and oppressed m a manner tnat would' riot dare <to be attempted m any other country— a financial drain that, m some parts of India, makes famine permanewt— with a resignation that wouM : - not he possible were it riot for the influence of the religions of resignation m which many .of the natives of India 'believe. Able and cultivated natives 'Of India are, too, deliberately denied the official positions to which by their talents they are entitled. These things are done with an affectation of cynical contempt for the men that are plundered and oppressed that m/iist by as galling as the plundering and oppression itself. * * ' a Possibly I)he fact that there has not, long agio, been another formidable revolt inimdia is owins; to the severity with which the so-called "Mutiny" m India was suppressed. Nevertheless, there Qras, at no time, ceased to exist a considerable foody of. native opinion actively opposed to British rule, and, m spite of suppressions and severe punishments, there is a vernacular Press m India that is virulently vehement m its denunciation of the ways arid the doings of the British rulers of India. Hhe recent Bengal boycott of British goods, and its temporarily disastrous consequences, of which the -end cannot yet be perceived, show how great is the 'hostility m Bengal to the British- There •is similar ihostil'jty m other parts of India. ■ .. t - ' ' • '* ' • ■ ■ • Should an insurrection break .out in' India, and should the local military foroe be unable to cope with it, . then the Japs, will have -to "lerodaiiand." That the Japs would, at an early ( stage m any really formidable Indian revolt, be oalled m to assist the British—that, indeed, whole provinces of India would be turned over to the Japs entirely during such an out»lireak — there can be no doubt. The white women of India would have to .seek ■ from the men of Japan the succor that, m tin© old days of England's glory, Englishwomen would have received only from, their own people. Is this the .beginning of the eM .? ,Is this an indication that Britain, has- arrived;, at the stage where it 'can aio longer maintain its power by its own right,- but miist call m the aid of inferior races ? ■- # • » -The facts certainly indicate this. England has entered upon a p«riod of decline. She has attempted a task that is beyond her strength, and. the consequence is that, at any. tim-e, there may happen s^ome catastrophe that may cause her "Empire" to tumble to pieces. The -British ruling class, threatened .with a revolt, compelled to depepd upon a Turanian race for the maintenance Of its precious "Empire" of starved colored helots is hastening towards its debacle. The hand of Fate is writing "collapse" upon its wails, and Australasians—they moan feebly about their "loyalty," while the Jap. looks on and grins. The Jap grins because he looks forward to the day— which is not very fax distant m his opinion— when this glreat unpeopled Continent will be his. Meanwhile Australasi'ajn statesmen gabble. Gabble will not save the people of Australasia : ■ what is wanted is a sound system of , defence, and the proper populating >,of the country. Australasia will be safe when she is able effectively to defend herself : Until that day, she will remain m a position of parlous peril.

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