A close inspection of the figures shows the decrease to be largely due to the famine. What would have been the death-rate but for the English Government’s immense relief?
The missionaries worked hand in hand with the British officers, and I have never heard that either has ever spoken except in words of praise of the other’s labors. This proves that good Governments and faithful missionaries are invaluable to each other.
A crowning proof of the good government of Britain in India, is in the fact that her population does not migrate to any adjacent State where there is limited or unlimited native rule. But from all such States there is a steady stream of immigration pouring into British territory. None of India’s peoples migrate in any numbers to any Oriental or Occidental country, but from every Oriental land there are immigrants to sojourn or to settle in India under the justice, protection, and peace of British rule.
The tropical world is fast coming under Western domination. These lands must be lifted by new blood from the North and West, and must serve the needs of our race. While this process is going on, the world can afford to be happy over the fact that so large a part of the tropical countries is under British rule.
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