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10 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 11, 1917, HOME RULE FOR MAMOST COME Inflated Idea of Their Import ance Aronsei Ambitions of Nation's Leaden. CTTEOT OF EDUCATION (CoTrenpnadenoe of The Aaaoristed Prim.) Lahore, India, Dec. 28. Political matters have taken on an added prom inence in India of late, due largely, according to the general expression of opinion, to the fact that the war has shown the people of this country their importance to the rest of the empire, thereby arousing their aspira tions for progress. Naturally the sub ject of ultimate home rule occupies a large place in the thoughts of the Indian politician, a few of the so called ultra-radicals even advocating the immediate granting of some form of self-government - The questions of what the British government ought to do and intends to do towards bestowing further po litical powers on the Indian and of how much immediate advance the In dian himself is capable of making, are being generally and eagerly discussed. A correspondent of The Associated Press has discussed these questions with scores of prominent Europeans and Indians during toe last few months. Some extremely radical views were encountered, but the majority of those who expressed an opinion met on certain common grounds which are well summanxed in an interview with the Rer. Dr. J. C. R. Ewing, the well-known American educator. who for the last seven years bas oc copied the important post ot vice chancellor or president of the Uni versity of the Punjab. Dr. Swing is the only American who has ever been accorded so high an honor in India as was bestowed upon him when he was made head of this university to direct the activities of twenty-seven affiliated colleges m the province, with their student population of, some 12,000, As a mark of appreciation for his services to this country he was decorated by the king in 1914, being made companion of the Indian em pire. He has made deep study of political questions in India and not infrequently has been consulted by government officials on delicate mat ters of policy. Dr. Ewing expressed the belief that home rule for India was inevitable, but declare that the country was not prepared for it at the moment and would not be ready for this important step for many years to come. Western Education. "When the British government at the time of Lord Macauley intro duced western education into India it opened the door for self-government," said the doctor, "Such a step, involving the teaching of democratic ideals, could have no other result. It was the crossing of the Rubicon, and there is no turning back. To do the British government justice, I believe that they made this move with the full knowledge of what the outcome must be, and that they have always had in mind the ultimate granting of home rule to the people of Hindu stan. "There are, of course, various shades of opinion among both Euro peans and Indians as to the speed toward which the home rule goal should be approached. The great bulk of the people of India are illiterate, something like 94 per cent, according to the latest statistics, but among the other 6 per cent there are many high ly educated and brilliant men who could be called upon to play their part in government Home rule can never .become an accomplished fact until a trained body of Indians has been raised up. And in order to achieve this one of the most impor tant stebi will be the opening up of the civil service to a still greater ex tent to the educated Indian, Not only must this be done, but Indian and British government employes must be placed on the same footing and must . learn to work in close co-operation. Not t Nation. '"Foreigners in considering home rule for India often make the mis take, of looking upon India as a na tion. As a matter of fact, Hindustan represents many races and many lan guages and in the process of unifica tion there are, as many difficulties to be overcome as there would be, for instance, in an attempt to bring all the various countries of North and South America under one government. "Moreover, the average Indian of the so-called illiterate class knows nothinsr of oolitics and takes no in terest in problems of government He is mainly concerned witn nis own lit tle personal matters and so long as conditions of government favor him in the oarsuit of his affairs It makes small difference to him what that gov ernment is or what shape it takes. "The ideas of democracy are en tirely foreign to the bulk of India. For endless centuries, until the as sumption of British rule, the people were governed as a conquered race, and so thoroughly has the idea ol subjection been instilled that it will be exceedingly hard for them to break away from the belief that they can have no voice in governing them selves. But all this is bound to change gradually with the spread of areneral education. "One great stumbling block in the wav of democracy is the fact that the Indian never ha learned to bow to the will of the majority. This may be seen wherever bodies of Indians come together for the discussion of matters of mutual interest. Opinion is divided along partisan tines, fam ily, racial and religious ties playing an important part in the division. The fact that the majority decide that cer tain things are for the best means nothing to the minority, and a split of the body into two or more factions is almost inevitable. This character istic is something that must be over come before any success can be achieved in the matter of popular government Religion an Obstacle. ' There are numerous other features which present obstacles to the home rule advocates. We have two great religions bodies the Hindus and Mo hammedanswhose interests at pres ent are largely at variance with each other. Some Indian politicians will tell you the claim that Hindus and Mohammedans cannot work in har mony is a pure fallacy; but to one who has spent many years In India and has nude a deep study of these questions, it seems an almost sell, ewW MtSMmi-StT Down- have a citv 1 senJ tarn. "fee To tV"Wel f . UTii-B tun prcioto to Vr iT reoM you fleio wat roR it' AW Tfewe or wO-i-STiT PLACe hmt tOOK W PUT . CN-rttet-'t" evident fact that the chasm to be bridged between these two bodies is wide and deep. Ultimately, through a process of education, Hindus and Mohammedans will be drawn togeth er into close enough political bonds so that they can work in unison for the common good. We have seen similar conditions in the past history of many countries, and while the question of religion at the moment is a most important one, yet I do not feel that it is a permanent barrier in the way of political progress for India. "Despite all the drawbacks to home rule, I have great faith in the capacity of India to govern itself ultimately and to do it well. The Indians are a wonderful people, and while they lack certain characteristics which we of the west consider important, in some other features they have shown them selves to be our superiors. The peo ple of this vast empire are rousing in a remarkable manner from the lethargy into which they had sunk. "I canont, of course, set myself up as a spokesman of the government of India, but 1 have talked with many officials on the question of home rule, and I may say that in general I have gathered the impression that the Brit ish government intends to do all that may seem possible to facilitate the entrance of Indians who are qualified to higher positions in the government service." . Viscount Bryce Outwalks j Young British Officer lCerreoponaenne ot The Aneoeleted Preee.) London, Jan, 27. Viscount Bryce. although 7ft years old, still boasts of his ability as a pedestrian. Durinsr Lord Brvce's recent trip to the front, the young officer assigned to conduct him about was sketching a little trip along the front which he proposed to make with the distin guished visitor the next day, when he suddenly though that perhaps the pro gram involved too long a walk for a man of 78. However. Lord Bryce is an old Alpinist and agreed to walk against his young officer friend for any distance on any kind of road. When next dy the two returned to camp, atter traaaing tnrougn me trenches tor many miles, tne younger man had to admit that he was very much more fatigued than his com panion. Wheat from Canada Found To Be Satistactory in France (Correiipondenoe of The AoaoelaloS Vrrmt 1 Paris, Jan. 20. "Manitoba bread" hu juit made a successful debut in France that is to say, bread made from wheat grown in France from seed brought from Manitoba. The Canadian grain, whether sown in sandy, clayey or calcareous soil, gave good crops everywhere. . Prof. Scribaux of the Agricultural institute, who hss investigated the matter, reports that all the farmers who sowed the Manitoba grain are satisfied with the experiment. Young Basket Maker Is Exempt From Service (Correeinoaoo of Tho Aaeeclatea Preaa.) London, Ian. 21. A young basket maker has been granted an extension of his military exemption on the ground that he is engaged in execu ting a hurry order for 2,400 waste paper baskets lor the war omcc, GUCKERT AND McDONALD TAILORS REMOVED TO Woodmen of the World Bids;. Second Floor Corner 14th and Farnaun Streets., STACK A now ol ou.ln.ee, wlta alekaua and liHanaa ol them the Telephone- for BmirMtteBO or oueti liana SAVE Stth at Harney Sta. STACK & Oh, Well, That Squares yrt 3oT pmsw BY TT SToUti or -fcuR TWa cSTrlt MY-JT loo veV ptospewu "vtv Tw fT A QoARTew. vmt rri WORTH" yM OT-BOT ' THAT I WWT wa ooNSioe., A ro. ffuca SortsTmMa Twe 'Mfcw France Proposes to Make People Turn In Gold Coin (Correapondanoe of The Aeaoolated Preoii.) Paris, Jan. 30. Two billion and fifty million francs in gold had been turned in to the Bank of France up to De cember 28, since the beginning of the war. Nearly 2,000,000.000 had been received since June, 1915, when the first real effort to mobilize the gold of the country began. In the first month of the effort the receipts ran up to above 100,000,000 a week, then dropped back gradually to an average of 6,000,000 that waa maintained until the launching of the last loan. Then the gold receipts went up again to over 64,000,000 in one week. ' It is estimated that there are still between 2,000,000,000 and J.000,000,000 francs of the yellow metal in the hands of the public, and a number of legislators, with Deputy Bouffandeau of the Oise at their head, propose to force reluctant holders to bring in their hoards by demonetizing all French gold coins. All the gold in the bank, under their proposed ar rangement, would be recomed after a new design and no other gold coins would be legal tender in France after, the end of hostilities. Alcohol in France Used , In Making High Explosives fCerrenpondenee of Tho Aaooclated Preea.) Paris, fan. 30. The need of the government for 200,000 gallons of al cohol per day in the manufacture ot Certain high explosives, it is said, has had a more effective influence on the alcohol question in France than the efforts of temperance advocates. The consumption of alcohol for this pur pose, if it continues long at the pres ent rate, will amount annually to 12, 500,000 gallons more than France produced before the war. The gov ernment has already bought 17,500, 000 gallons abroad. Alcohol serves as a dissolvant in the manufacture of the powder used as a propulsive explosive in the larg est caliber guns. China Makes Change in Minister of Foreign Affairs (Comopoadenco of Tho Aaeoclated Proto.) Peking, Jan. 30. Liu Shih-shun has been designated vice minister of for eign affairs to succeed Hsia Yi-ting. Mr. Liu formerly served as minister to. France and acting minister to Ger many and Portugal. He was also a member of the arbitration department of The 'Hague, and was at one time adviser on foreign affairs to the late President Yuan Shi-kai. The change in the foreign office is largely due to the criticism directed against Hsia-lHtmg in connection with the negotiation concerning the dispute with the French over the ad dition to their concession in Tien-tsin. Strike Because the Wages Are Less Than Before War (Corroapondenee ot Tho Aaeoclated Pi wo.) Paris, Jan. 30. Two strikes have begun in Paris dressmaking trade. One concern's male cutters are mostly foreigners; the other is exclusively an affair of Parisian "midinettes," as the young girt garment workers are called, -who protest against being paid lower wages thsn before the war. Bvorrbodr rooda Boo What Ada. ' FALCONER Tenant locatJaa, eaoeUltiatlea to raralohhiia, nd haaamoo vol ooeiparettoelv Ufhl aaarhenel enameoo. 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Nearly everywhere good results have been obtained and passing through the country parallel with the trenches the correspondent saw on all sides well-tended and flourishing beds of cabbages, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, leeks and other green stuff. Not only, however, are vegetables of all kinds grown by the men, but in some cases the soldiers have initiated small breeding establishments for the rais ing of domestic animals and often while shells are whistling overhead the chorus is joined by squaling hogs and cackling hens and quacking gueese and ducks in the styes ana runs erected by the soldiers. Mrs. Lloyd George Cuts Meat And Adopts the Simple Diet (Corroopondoneo of Tho Aaeoetatod Prooi.) London, Jan. 30. Mrs. Lloyd George, wife of the premier, who some time ago adopted a scheme of war economy in her household, has now greatly extended it, especially with regard to the consumption of meat, which has been reduced to a minimum. In this respect she is fol lowing the ideas of the premier, who has always been a strong advocate of the simple diet. In the premier's household vegetable dishes have largely supplsnted meat course end waste has been almost entirely elimi nated. - 881 I ff a.'T GJLW HYDRADLIC POWER HELPS MN TO France Develop! Its Mountain Streama Into Great Military and Economio Machines. CHEMISTS WORE WONDEBS (Conoopoodenoo of Tho Aaooclatod Preen.) Paris, Dec 30. The water power of the Alps, the Pyrenees and the cen tral mountainous region is playing a big role in the military effort of France and will have an even greater share in the after-war economic struggle. Many new hydraulic power plants, born of war needs, are turning out shells, chemicals and other necessities for the army. Many others, born of the coal famine, and its lessons, will replace steam power after the war. France utilised 13 per cent of its total estimated natural water power in 1914. It was utilizing more than 2D per cent in July of this year and the proportion is every day increas ing. Competent engineers fix at 4, 600,000 horse power the energy France could secure from its water falls at low water, while 9,200,000 horse power is the estimate for aver age seasons. The total steam energy used in France before the war was only about 3,500,000 horse power, di vided among about 64,000 establish ments. Vale of Aluminum. The water power of the Alps has given the name of the "Vale of Alum inum" to the valley of the Are, where 93,000 horse power is used transform ing alumine into aluminum bars. La Romanche in the wild valley from Bourg d'Oisons to Pont de Claiz is the "valley of carburet and metallic alloys," absorbing 62,000 horse power. Electric steel plants are concentrat ing in the basin of the Arly, where one concern has installed a complete mill with electric furnaces run by turbines of 22,000 horse power. Seven important new plants are being built in the region of Grenoble. In the valley of the Durance new plants aggregating 74,000 horse power for the electro-chemical industry are under way, while above Modane one of the bisrarest chemical works in ilFranee has acquired rights to about 120,000 horse power ot water tan tnat will be utilized speedily. Hydraulic electrical plants in cen tral France have saved the family ribbon industry at St Etienne. The little home shops had begun to dis appear unable to compete with the mills. Electric motors of a quarter of a horsepower have set this domes tic occupation going again, keeping at home men and women who would otherwise be driven to the looms of the big mills. Little motors are used all through that region for cabinet making. Had they not existed before the war, it would be necessary to in vent them or something equivalent for the use of maimed soldiers. The electric motor is counted upon also to solve the problem of farm help in regions accessible to current Co-operative societies are being formed to buy current for distribu tion among its members: the installa tion of a power station is being con sidered by one of them. A law to encourage and help such projects is now being considered in the Chamber. Electric energy for Paris brought fro mtbe Alps is the most ambitious project for the future. A dam, seventy-five yards high, in the Rhone at Genissiat, backing the water up four teeen miles to the Swiss frontier, will furnish a fall sufficient to operate a power station of 325,000-horsepower and 240,000 kilowatts. The energy is to be transported to Paris in the form of an alternating current under a ten sion of 120,000 volts. The line of transmission will be 312 miles long. One hundred and twenty million francs is the estimated outlay the cost of about a day and a half of war to France. This enterprise would ' alone economize 1,800,000 tons of the 20, 000.000 tons of coal France imported annually before the war. Engineers figure that current brought from the Swiss frontier may be sold with suf ficient profit in Paris at 3 centimes a kilowatt hour, an economy of about 50 per cent on the cost of current produced by steam before the war. s Juhu FAMOUS FOR BLOUSES 1508-1510 Douflas St. We've Established This Store as Headquarters for Sports Togs Established it on the basis of showing greatest assortments as well as greatest val ues in these Popular Style Garments from the most extreme creations to modified styles you can select a garment to suit you in every respect. Sports Styles promise to reign supreme for the Spring Season. The best efforts of all designers and manufacturers are centered on Sports Togs. To be rightly ' dressed this Spring demands Sports Clothes. 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Offi cial figures just furnished to the As sociated Press show how, crippled as she was, France metamorphosed her remaining industries and improvised new ones so as to utilize to the maxi mum her remaining resources, not only supplying her own army, but handing over nearly a quarter of her output in arms munitions to her allies. France has supplied to the Belgians, Russians, Italians, Serbians and Rou manians great quantities of such arms and munitions as she has manufac tured herself and has abandoned to her allies a considerable portion of what she has bought aboard. "The cessions of war supplies France has made to her allies are not regarded as sacrifices," an offi cer of the general staff says. "We simply delegate thus a part of our energies to those who are in a situa tion to employ them to the best ad vantage." What France Gave. Of its total production since the be ginning of the war, France has turned over to its allies quantities that rep resent the following proportions: Par Cont RlfKO 10 CnrtrldxM S3 Field sun ohollo SO Hoovy artillery unmmnUon SO Tronoh mortara IS Hand arenadeo S714 Protoet's nuska aaalfi't suffocating 8a 10 Powder S Other exploatreo S A French officer says that up to October 16 France has supplied Rus sia with more than 600,000 rifles and more than 300,000,000 cartridges; sent it several hundred pieces of heavy ar tillery, millions of projectiles for field guns, millions of hand grenades and thousands of aeroplane motors. "French technical experts and spe cialists were also sent to Russia to intensify the home production," he said. "There are now twenty-two offi cers and 236 subaltern officers and soldiers of the French army occupy ing important posts in Russian mu nition factories. The most important French mis sion sent to Russia was that headed by Colonel Pyot who transformed into munition factories a great many establishments that had not previous ly worked for national defense. Coal for Italy. Raw materials and coal have been sent in large quantities from France to Italy, together with a number of batteries of heavy artillery with a supply of shells to go with it Be sides keeping up the provision of projectiles for these heavy guns France furnished Italy with a consid erable number of charged three-inch shells and engaged to supply regu larly several thousand empty shells per day. Five hundred thousand hel mets, 40,000 trench shields, more than 100 trench mortars, hundreds of tons; of aluminum and chemical products were among the things furnished to Italy, while a French flying corps con stitutes the defense of Venice against air attacks. From the end of 1914 until the evacuation of Serbia, France supplied (he Serbian artillery with 2,000 three inch shells per day. After the re treat it was France that undertook the transportation and the recon struction of the Serbian army at Cor fu. The armament and ammunition were furnished exclusively by France and were identical with those of the French division; the rest of the ma terial and supplies were furnished in common by France and Great Britain. One hundred and fifty vessels were required for the transportation, con stituting another great privation to France, in such dire need of better ocean transportation facilities. Seventy-six voyages were required for the entire operation and it was ac- , -. wkin complished without a single incident France also supplied entirely the Roumanian army wfih war material and munitions from the day of its entry into the war. France's dona tions to Roumania include more than 100,000 rifles, with 80,000,-000 car tridges, and the additional supplies of 10,000 rifles per month, more than 1,000 machine guns .wtih the neces sary munition supplies, more than 1,000,000 hand grenades. It fur. nished it with field guns, heavy ar tillery, trench guns and anti-aircraft guns with an initial supply of muni tions for each, and with the under taking to keep the supply up to the requirements. France gave the Rou manian army all the engineering ira terial, including telephonic and tele graphic lines, and all its wireless out fit, with a certain number of automo bile searchlights, and more than 400 searchlights of different calibers, with 4,500 tons of barbed wire. All the aviation material used ly Roumania is of French manufacture; the French flying corps ceded to them 200 machines for pursuit, bombard ment and reconnoitering, while 100 other machines were built in Rou mania with material or parts fur nished by French industry. France made 200,000 steel helmets, 500.0(10 gas masks and 5,200 apparatuses against asphyxiating gas for Rou mania. In September and October of this year France shipped to Rou mania more than 5,000 tons of ma terial. It went by way of Archangel and over Russian railroads. Twenty French officers and 300 French sol diers, trained in the aviation service, were sent to Roumania immediately after the declaration of war and formed the nucleus of its flying corps. DRFMER If Dresners had only ordinary ability in the cleaning game it would have taken 600 years to build so large a plant as theirs. Phone Tyler 345 and learn the secret of their success. DRESHER BROS. Cleaner Dyers 2211-2217 Famam Stmt. 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