Show a I i Il Francis dur com that his Imis hl country I has ha been under a form torm of or com corn commercial commercial mercial slavery Dai quotes from figure gis gh given en before the tho Indian economic conference to 10 support his contention The annual per capita Income In Great ln Is In lIt It Is 18 If 18 The rate In Great Britain 10 t less than 14 H per thousand In InI I dh 30 This e expectation tion lion of or life lite In England i Is 4 ears ear earin in III India H 24 car ears I I I To make a comparison the figures before betor Great over oter India be presented It was sa a SO 20 O year ear ears fOI e our colonies bega began becan n their for that the tho th B displaced the French In la India One hundred lears ears utter after that the mutiny occurred was ass the t national attempt the people of oC o India to throw off ott m Since then Iben weak beak cr- cr forts at Lt protest hav hao ha 0 been made but at no time line has hos British rule 1 boo in m serious danger An n American who sho visited India declares 00 90 per cent of ot tIme the people 4 In the tho th depths of ot Industrial and anti t darkness and 70 O pOI pet I cent of oC o the tho are arc in ab- ab abject abject I ab-I po lIb conditions olI or of I life lower probably than exist any any- any hero else on earth Whit What seIa Cle the th conditions condition of ot the th J people In 1767 1707 Wore Were ere they any an better than today toda India has had Its famines from rom earliest history and the th ol a hav hae been In dirt dire distress The rhe Th greatest offense ortense commit committed Ie against the people as aa as the forcing rn en them by the British l st India In- In dia lla company of or the opium trade But otherwise British domInance has had much to do the ex- ex ex tending of ot the th great Irritation irrigation SS- SS vs tern tem and the dc eloping of or trade relations with ts Ith th the tho rest reit of ot thew the 5 orld orid Whether hether the native would o ho reached a higher stage of ot Indus Indus- Industrial trial leached rial strength under their own I tub ule Is questionable as Indi is not a homogeneous whole hole There Thero Is caste and anti cult and jealousies which gisen ghen en free tree play might have hopelessly dl dt divided tho time Inhabitants An the pt pf t the th countr that halt half the tho agricultural population lion tion never know what hat It 11 Is to hae hunGer satisfied a 1 that hat I Is 1 true of oC neall all of ot Asia except Japan In China the peo- peo peo people ide Ie In entire pi J evince art a on the serge erge ot of o How the h people of ot In India can 11 hiso 0 on a per capita re revenue ot of 18 puzzles puzzle an American An aser- aser aver BK ave age of or 18 fit means that millions me- me ic less le s than 1 BO 50 0 a a month In thIs country that would not food feed the tho th rich man s can canary or the poo mans man's dog doc I I It might be said things could not be much worse orse under self elt got got- co t o t 1 pm inlay miny of or tIme tile leaders I hope ope for an India of ot absolute In- In independence in dependence and a as throughout the orld where self elt I tub ulo ule Is ts denied the ambition of ot the time people Is to tobe tobe tobe be a counterpart In gO go ot of the United States Hales Here Hore Her In tho tb United States Stales our great reat problem Is over oser 0 er production With more moro machinery than any 5 other we ate ale capable ot ol and p mOl mole e ethan than our people can cn consume If It India and China could util- util util e lie I some som of or our power po of ot productivity much of ot their heir penury and ant sant might be overcome 0 There Ther recently appeared In th thu country a motion mollon picture said Hald ld to toha ha hae e been taken eken In Hlo de etc Janeiro Brazil A Brazilian who saw Sow It sas as ditel dl c- c ted thins sas as wa represented as f Spanish and Iho man from froll Brazil anI lo to kno It If the average aver n doe cloe does not know that Spanish Is I not spoken In n Rio dc de Janeiro and there ther is I no Spanish atmosphere to the We e America Americans Americana a arc re provincial In that wo no hise 1 self seit Satisfied d as nation end and Rive gle bu but little stud Blud to other counties count count Argentina In la another mo moIe Ie sas as represented by a 0 of oC Spanish color olor South Americans are InquirIng why vv v e 0 are 8 so Continued on lage l'age Pa o Two I 1 NEWS AND VIEWS II Continued nue Page One I ant of South American history and I II I There is cause tor rejoicing In InI that the campaign tor better drivIng driving ing Is reducing the number of at ac- ac ac accident I Near the close cloe of ot last year automobile casualties In sev- sev seven sev seven en of ot the tho ten leading cities of at the country had been reduced and In January had fallen 34 per pr cent i centI I It has 1 been en discovered ere that the rigid enforcement of ot traffic does than anything ciso to re- re re Our police forces I courts should keep that In mind Though the company as severely criticised d for tor Its lis fall fall- fail failure ure to 10 make good during the tho war wara s week ago that con concern ern as a a contract foi tOI ten len gov planes to cost an average 2000 I An Any company which proved d un unworthy worthy ot ot tru truit t In the la dais s of at na nil national peril should bt be erased the list of acceptable bidders for forgO gO work At lost last the army air service Is Isa a to its lIs shortcomings were out by The ne newest est planes are arc to 10 have havea havea a speed of mile miles an hour and attain a ceiling of at feet teel The machines are to be super lOr superior to ono In which Lieutenant Maughan mad made a his daylight the continent more speed I stability and J I Wo e are a mild mannered peo plo peo-plo I po without as compared Ith the tho Inhabitants of at Illinois ogain 00 gain this Impre Impression slon from tho that the tho Illinois Bankers association tion has found it to be- be be begin gin a wide state attack on the bad mca of ot that commonwealth During I 1924 H there n el 0 73 bank In Illinois with a 11 loss ot Now Illinois 1 In Ie go going ing to do what hilt low a creato did forces 0 over er the state to moel tho bandits Town Town guards are to bo armed with rifles and pistols from the US U'S U S 'S army and bank aro lre to hea bankI pen pen I al at the tho of ot the law 1 In Iowa Io by adopting those dras drastic tic measures bank bD robberies were reduced from 56 with a Ions In 1923 to three wIth a loss of only 2600 last oar It pays to be b ed ant and to sho no signs of ot softness 00 I |