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or completely communistic a nature having mutually ex 

 clusive traits we pass to the consideration of the real human 

 nature exhibited around us, the irrationality of socialistic 

 hopes becomes still more conspicuous. Observe what is done 

 by these men who are expected to be so regardful of one 

 another s interests. 



If, inour days, the name &quot; birds of prey and of passage,&quot; 

 which Burke gave to the English in India at the time of 

 Warren Hastings trial, when auditors wept at the accounts 

 of the cruelties committed, is not applicable as it was then ; 

 yet the policy of unscrupulous aggrandizement continues. 

 As remarked by an Indian officer, Deputy Surgeon-General 

 Paske, all our conquests and annexations are made from base 

 and selfish motives alone. Major Raverty of the Bombay 

 Army condemns &quot; the rage shown of late years for seizing 

 what does not, and never did, belong to us, because the 

 people happen to be w r eak and very poorly armed while we 

 are strong and provided with the most excellent weapons.&quot; 

 Resistance to an intruding sportsman or a bullying explorer, 

 or disobedience to a Resident, or even refusal to furnish 

 transport-coolies, serves as a sufficient excuse for attack, 

 conquest, and annexation. Everywhere the usual succession 

 runs thus: Missionaries, envoys to native rulers, conces 

 sions made by them, quarrels with them, invasions of them, 

 appropriations of their territories. First, men are sent to 

 teach the heathens Christianity, and then Christians are sent 

 to mow them down with machine-guns! So-called savages 

 who, according to numerous travellers, behave well until 

 they are ill-treated, are taught good conduct by the so-called 

 civilized, who presently subjugate them who inculcate 

 rectitude and then illustrate it by taking their lands. The 

 policy is simple and uniform bibles first, bomb-shells after. 

 Such being the doings abroad, what are the feelings at 

 home? Honours, titles, emoluments, are showered on the 

 aggressors. A traveller who makes light of men s lives is re 

 garded as a hero and felted by the upper classes; while the 



