The New World Order of Islam — Page 32
New World Order 32 the poor in those countries. A worker in these countries compares favourably with Government officials in this country who are supposed to be fairly well off. In our country an Extra Assistant Commissioner or a Sub-Judge is regarded as a respectable and a well-to-do official. The starting pay of such an official is about Rs. 250 a month, which is the equivalent of the average of a worker’s wages in England. In the USA the standard is even higher. In that country, an ordinary worker earns the equivalent of between Rs. 500 and Rs. 700 a month. But he ranks only as a labourer. In short, those countries have not only striven to raise the standard of living but also to foster the sources of national wealth so as to secure an all round improvement in economic conditions. These benefits have been secured through the operation of Socialism as practised in those countries, but they are confined mainly to the people of those countries. No doubt the people seem very anxious to extend these benefits to other countries, but at the same time they are not willing to contemplate any diminution in the power and influence which they at present exercise over other countries. Take the case of India. A great deal of sympathy is professed and perhaps even felt for her, but all efforts to improve Indian conditions are circumscribed by the consideration that European interests in India should suffer no hardship. Their attitude towards India is like that of a kind master