THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
REVOLUTION IN INDIA IS CRY FOR FREEDOM
India Stands United in Protests Against Foreign Domination in Politics
CHRISTIAN RULE RESENTED
Bv M. R. Japri.
Movement for Freedom Began in Last Decades of Nineteenth Century
Attempts have been made in the press of this country to discredit the movement for independence in India by saying that it is not a nationalist's movement, but is a revolt of the Mozambique against the rule of the christian England in order to establish a modem state in India. Ridiculous as it is to the persons acquainted with India and the situation there, but still the public at large is liable to be misled by these falsehoods; I, therefore, propose to discuss the history of India and its ties to this article.
It has been said that after the World War, the disruption of the Turkish Empire made the moslem population resent the cranimal rule, and as a result they launched out a revolutionary program to overthrow the British Empire in India. What a deliberate lie!
The movement began a few after the disruption of the Turkish Empire, as it is said, but, in the last decades of the nineteenth century. The modern leaders, and the community at stags, refused, at that time, to participate in a movement which aimed at the destruction of England by the spite of their opposition it progressed and in 1977 it became so intense that England was forced to introduce the so-called Morley-Minto Reforms, after a century of its rule in India. Professor A. Demangeon of the Sorbione in his book "America and the Race for World Domination" says, "it is not enough for a progressive movement in India has become strong enough to disturb Great Britain."
What was the Moslem attitude towards this movement? As has been pointed out before, the Moslems, to their shame, did not take any part in the agitation and during the troubled times of 1905-07 Lord Corzun, the then viceroy of India, used to call them the "most loyal subjects of the British Raj (government)." By a show of favoritism and greed of concession, Moslems had grown closer to the two great communities of India-Hindus and Moslems, and was successful in winning the mosque support.
In spite of all these difficulties the movement progressed, and the mosses themselves after a time, began to
participate in the agitation, as it was impossible for them not to be affected by what was going on in the country. Slowly but surely, they began to take interest in politics and as early as 1913 we find them in the Indian National Congress. The famous Congress-League pact was signed at Lucknow (U. P.) in 1916, which proclaimed to the world that India stands united in its protest against the foreign domination.
After this, the movement progressed by leaps and bounds and became so strong that Sir William Vincent, the Secretary of the Interior in the government of India, was forced to say "The situation in India is very critical and no one can exaggerate it. It is not only the 6 per cent of the Indian population to be deal now, but with the 90 per cent of the peasants and the laborers of India who are following Gandhi's program blindly." This uncomfortable situation made Lord Reading try the old Curzonian policy of divide and rule, and he tried to win the support of the Moelsie by grant of concessions to Turkey hence his telegram to the Secretary of State for India, the Minister of which he forced resignation of Mr. S. E. Moore.
It is not, therefore, the result of any resentment on the part of the Moelsma, but is the consequence of a nation's realization of its rights, a sense of national energy and inventive result of economic exploitation of its resources.
It is a fight—if it can be called a fight—for independence, the birthright of every nation. It is something more. It is a struggle for existence, a protest against the exploitation and exploitation power, which is making it poorer and power every day. To quote Mr. Demonegne again:
"Never has the term exploitation been better applied. Despite the appearance of a powerful material civilization poverty rules everywhere among the masses; the peasants are the majority and their stuffs to the value of forty million pounds sterling, while ten of millions of her inhabitants are still, in the twentieth century, threatened by want. More than thirty millions
pounds sterling is the estimate of the sum that India pays, every year, in the United Kingdom to her creditors, stockholders and the officials; and we don't know how much she brings to merchants and shippers."
This is a lucid portrayal of the causes of the Indian Revolution. Perhaps this would not have accrued so soon had it not been for the foolish administration of Lord Chelsford, the late viceroy and heartless massacre of 500 men by General Dyer at the Jainallan Wagh Bagh, while they were in urgent meeting against the Rowlett Act, which was passed against the united opposition of the public representatives in the egistrature.
Old Newspapers in Journalism Library Show Unique Contrast To Present Day Newspaper
Old newspapers, peppered with holes which age has worn in them, and presenting a curious contrast to the appearance of the monochrome photographs in the journalism library. Printed on coarse paper, faded and in some cases yellowed by time, the papers are preserved as mute evidence of the thought which passed through their pages. "The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom."
One, hanging against the south wall under a protecting glass case, heralds itself, "The Evening Advertiser, May 16, 1754." And to solicit its advertising it resorts to this caption underneath the title of the paper, "The Proprietors of this Paper beg you to acquaint me with the PRICING, which advertisements will advantageously printed are placed at the moderate price of Two, Shillings, which is ONE THIRD less than is taken by any other evening paper."
The news of the newspaper, arranged apparently in no particular fashion, is compiled as follows: "Foreign News; Ship News; Country News; Scotland; Domestic Occurrences; Marriages; Casualties; Commitments; Death." The headlines are get a new makeover, the paper itself is printed in London. Hence the reference to Scotland. Iceland, evidently, had not as yet blossomed forth into a free state in its own right.
Whereas a paper of the twentieth century would begin a fire story with, "Five persons lost their lives and damage to the extent of $500,000 was sustained in a fire... about chronologically, 'Tit forbight about eight o'clock, a fire broke out at the sugar house of Mess. Barret and Co..."
The price of the advertiser, hidden in an obscure corner, is "three-half-ence."
In our own country we have a good example of the earlier newspapers in "Thomas's Massachusetts S. P. D, or, The Worcester Gazette" The issue which is preserved in the journalism library is that of July 21, 1791. In the upper, left-hand corner in prominent type is the word "Miscellaneous," indicating that it is a journal. Sufficient to say, such news would find a much less prominent position on an inside page of one of our daily 24-page editions.
And directly in the center of the first page, in a place where it is sure to catch the eye, is the caption, "Directions for making cheese!" It is an interesting point brought out by professors in the department of art at Barnes and Noble, the editors of papers of influence, even in New York City, refused to give prominent positions to local news stories regarding fires, and so forth. Not until a certain editor, breaking away from conventional methods, "played up" a local fire story, the current newspapers' reported incidents in local happenings. Before that, the papers had made a feature of foreign news.
for advertisements, an example will try those of the past: "A likely Jackass for sale—a very likely Jackass, eleven highs and high, will be sold cheap for cash or good shinning or trotting horses."
The presses, used in those days were of the hand-lever type. The type—set by hand—was placed on a tray beneath a flat surface which descended on the pulling of a large lever to imprint the type on a piece of coarse paper. It was a slow and difficult process in those days, obviously.
A Historical and Sentimental Significance of Elm Tree Grove Gives Hopes They Will Stand
However, as those methods of publishing a newspaper are far surpassed by the great multiple presses of the present day; just so will our methods be surpassed in the future by greater and more complex mechanisms.
Have you ever noticed the scattered groups of elm trees in the plot of ground just north of the Fowler shops?
Daily hundreds of persons pass this spot and if questioned as to the origin of these trees one might assumingly answer, "Oh, I suppose the winds that passed over the Hill years ago let fall a few seeds and now we have the result." But we cannot pass the matter so easily when we see it. The wind is not its hand to the ornish of campus improvement and say:
"Spare those trees, for they have historic significance."
There was a time when University life was not drawn so taut with the exertion of modern affairs, when the trail blazers who hid the foundation for this great institution with their aspirations to a brilliant future and felt its duty to leave some connecting link between their own day and the many years to come. It must have been more than for the student, the Chancellor of the University, that these elms were planted. If one examines the small
"Young people should be encouraged to make love in church," declared Dr Owen C. Brown of Los Angeles at the Baptist Church conference held recently.
grove very closely one will see that the trees form an outline of Fraser Hall, following very closely the outer walls of the building.
At that time Fraser Hall was the only building of the University and the trees were at the extreme west end of the campus. Could it not be that these pioneer Jayhawkers planted their elms with the intention that in future years, when Fraser Hall should be in ruin, the outline of the building preserved in these trees should be an everlasting memorial? If so,
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their plans did not meet with entire success. Evidently the elms have
success. Evidently the elms have not found very concreted soil for many of them are small and gnarled and many have drown. Or, perhaps nature has been playing again at one of her old pastimes, that of forming riddles, giving only a bare hint to as the sigmiferion begins to make the outline of the trees fit the plans of Fraser, but the outline is there.
so we readily see why the odea alumni and members of the faculty ask that these trees he spared, not hurt them. Because because they relate us to the past.
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