Show HE IS SARCASTIC perkins of california on the famine in india washington june 1 mr perkins of california presented a petition from organizations and individuals ot his state asking congress to make an appropriation tor the relief of the famishing people of india and he asked that it be referred to the committee on appropriations he was not he said in possession ot sufficient information to allow him to prepare a proper resolution dealing with the question in 1897 he had asked lor and procured a ship to carry to india provisions donated by the people of california oregon washington nebraska and iowa the provisions aggregated tons no official acknowledgment had ever been made of that donation so far as he had been aware he hesitated now therefore to press a resolution looking to the relief ot the people of india lest the government of great britain might not look with favor upon the action of congress in sending to india unsolicited alms just as it might not look with favor on a friendly intervention by this government in the south african war the resolution brought from sir hale of maine a bitter attack on great britain he demanded to know what england had been doing for her starving millions in india while sha was pouring out unlimited treasure to crush two republics in africa mr perkins said be did not w ish 0 o debate that question but he did a careful report on the |