2 Temmuz 2019 Salı

TNT History Archives: American Scolds Britain's Islam Policy (1921)/Part III-A

//Ed. Note: In his continuing diatribe against Britain's 
polcies toward Islam, this unnamed American takes aim
at England in India. TNT has split this India portion into
two parts.//

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                                             1914 Map


Atrocities in India
The former chief of the American Cabinet, Mr. William Jenks
(ed.note: name as transcribed from Ottoman Turkish)made 
these notes about English atrocities in India in his travel log:

“Above the door of the courthouse in Elbagir in India, there is 
a sign which reads 'The Pillar of the English Government is 
Justice'".  When I read this I was reminded of Jenks’s words: 
“Even if you praise your courts up to the sky, as long as basic 
justice is not administered then the slap of a woman will bring 
them down.”  

"After the American government seized Manila it decided to 
follow a colonial policy.  In this regard, it seemed to me to be 
worthwhile to examine England’s method of administration in 
India because England’s colonial policy is held in high esteem 
throughout America.  So I got in contact with a number of 
high-ranking English civil servants.  I also met with educated 
Indian Hindus, Moslems and Parsis.  I looked into the lives of 
both the wealthy and the poor, relevant statistics and various 
speeches and reports that I could never find in America.  As 
result, I came to the conclusion that the English 
administration in India is more oppresive than I had previously 
thought."

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Lordly Administrators
Another article in the aforementioned Mr. William Jenks’s 
travel log caught my attention:  “I met with Lord Minto , as 
well as with the Bengal and Bombay governors.  England 
acquired India for its own interests, not for those of the Indians. 
Of course, the laws and the administration are intended for the 
benefit of the English and certainly every matter is adjudicated 
as if the judge was deciding on his own personal case.  All of 
the civil servants in India are English. The central government 
there represents the English nation, not the Indian nation.   
These civil servants come and go to and from England for 
specific periods and they look at all matters from an English 
perspective rather than from an Indian one.  Of course, they are 
not as knowledgeable about the needs of the populace as are 
those who deal with the people each day are."

Even the English Condemn England
During the war in South Africa, it was the English themselves 
who criticized England most vociferously for the oppression 
inflicted on the Moslems there.  Today, there are many in 
England who are critical of the English administration in India.
 
An Indian named Nayirobi (ed. note: as transcribed from 
Ottoman Turkish) went to England and had a 3-paragraph letter 
he prepared accepted by one of the free-choice societies there 
about the oppression that the Indians are suffering.  Here are the 
three paragraphs:




"England unjustly occupied India in order to have an endless 
treasure for itself. It is administering a sultanate there with 
billions spent from India’s national wealth." 


"Every year England steals 30 million sterling from India’s 
national wealth.  For this reason a great portion of the people 
are poor and needy.  England has a debt to address the causes 
and find solutions for the misery that drought and famine 
cause and must make the necessary related expenditures."

"Is it becoming to England that donations have to be sought 
from other nations to fill the stomachs and treat the illnesses 
of Indian citizens enslaved under a 150-year administration 
that cast a stain on Englishness?"


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Official Duping and False Promises
Again, the aforementioned William Jenks stated that: “Queen 
Victoria issued a statement in the aftermath of the Indian 
uprising of 1857, to the effect that Indians of honor and with 
education would be appointed to civil service positions with 
an eye toward independence.  But Lord Lytton, a viceroy in 
India, stated this in his recently-published confidential notes 
with regard to this matter, in particular, that:  ‘We all know that 
this request and hope of the Indians will never come to pass.  
We would never accept the Indians into the regular civil service.  
We would choose the less-qualified second-place candidate by 
duping and distracting the Indian candidate.'"  

"In another note, Lord Lytton wrote that ‘Here in this 
confidential note that I write, I have no hesitation in confessing 
that the English and Indian governments did not stand by their 
promises and they have still not be absolved of this stain.’" !?

Despotism
The people of India have no say with regard to the taxes they 
pay and the expenditure of this tax revenue.  Out of $250 
million collected annually (56,500,000 Ottoman liras) in taxes 
some $100 million (33,500,000 Ottoman liras) are spent on the 
Indian army but an Indian cannot be an officer in this army. 
total of $100 million (33,500,000 Ottoman liras), which is the 
equivalent of the general expenses of the Indian government,  
is sent to England each year  and this is about half of the 
general tax revenue collected.  Another $15 million 
(3,400,000 Ottoman liras) is allocated for foreign officials in 
India.  One wonders what other nation on Earth could bear this 
kind of a loss of its national wealth?

//END of PART III-A//

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