LEADING 



CAUSES OF INDIAN UNREST. 



" Ortlx)dox Hindu " contributes a 

 sensible article to The Rajpnt Herald 

 on " The Results of Western Education 

 and How to Remedy Them." The 

 "vvriter says : — 



" Not only has society been upset by 

 the mtroduction of Western education 

 in India, but also the moral side. The 

 havoc played in the moral life is more 

 menacing to the consolidation of 

 nationality than anything else." 



The most urgent need is the restric- 

 tion of those attemptmg to exploit the 

 law for a livelihood. Of the 1700 

 students or so who are now in Great 

 Britain, about 700 of them are in the 

 Inns. The legal profession in India is 

 a huge lottery, and very few reap what 

 the\^ have sown. Under these circum- 

 stances the majorit}- who are left behind 

 Tesourceless find themselves face to 

 face with poverty and penury. Thus 

 forced, they have to choose between 

 poverty and notoriety. The latter they 

 always prefer to the former, and these 

 disappointed barristers become the 

 leaders of political associations, dan- 

 gerous to the peace of the country. To 

 put the finger in the right spot, if re- 

 strictions are so imposed that onh' a 

 proportionate number will become bar- 

 risters, while others, indrstrialists and 

 agriculturists, a practical step against 

 further recruitment to the revolution- 

 ary camp will be successfull)' taken. 



INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA. 



In the Modern Reviezi' Manital M. 

 Doctor contributes " A Few Hasty Im- 

 pressions " of the treatment accorded 

 to Indians in Australia, and one is glad 

 to learn that, apart from minor dis- 

 abilities, our Indian fellow-students 

 share " the same privileges as Euro- 

 peans." Mr. Doctor makes some com- 

 parisons between South Africa and Aus- 

 tralia, and pa)-s the latter this tribute: 



Australia is, indeed, as .\iiti-Asiatic as the 

 Transvaal : nay, more, she is even imcomproniis- 



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iiigly unlike S )utli Africa. But she does not per- 

 secute, iiijull or annoy those Indians wlio are 

 already in tlie colony. The so-called " education- 

 test " was invented by Natal and the Cape Colony, 

 before the patent wa« copied by Australia, from 

 whose borrowed lustre the Transvaal got "light" 

 to draft and redraft her Anti-Asiatic legislation. 



IS JAPAN DETERIORATING :> 



We do not believe, says Dr. Yujiro 

 Miyake, in the Japan Magazine, that 

 Japan is in a condition of de- 

 cline ; but, like all vital things, in 

 its upward flight it may have its 

 moments of dip, in order to soar still 

 higher. These downward sweeps some 

 may mistake for exhaustion and de- 

 cline, but we know that the life of the 

 nation is supported by a heart stronger 

 than ever heretofore. 



HESITATION AND UNCERTAINTY. 



There is no doubt that Japan owes 

 much of her present fame and pros- 

 perity to her arm\^ and nav}- ; and yet 

 already many Japanese are talking of 

 the spirit of deterioration alleged to be 

 evident m naval and militar\' circles. 

 Thev sa\- the military code has been re- 

 vised 111 accordance with experience 

 gained in the late war ; that new and 

 improved guns have been provided, and 

 the latest models of warship added to 

 the fleet ; but that in the face of the 

 recent revolution m China the naval 

 and military authorities of Japan dis- 

 pla}-ecl a spirit that can onh' be re- 

 garded as a sad come-down compared 

 with that which prevailed during the 

 conflict with Russia. .V temper of hesita- 

 tion and uncertainty appeared to con- 

 trol the policy of the General Staff, 

 which the nation as a whole is disposed 

 to deplore. 



MEN, NOT MONEY. 

 Of course, at present Japan has no 

 prospective enemies, and therefore no 

 objective of attack. America ma)- be 

 regarded as a potential opponent by 

 some, but if so, it is far in the future. 



