The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-21
The British Possessions In India.

From he londor Quarterly Review
Our territory is equal to all continental Europe,
Russia excepted. Peshawur is ss far North of Tan
jore as Stockholm is OF Naples; Cbittagong as far
East of Kurrachee as Athens is OF Paris. Germany
Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark
and Swt den uDtedly, do not equal either our terri
tory our population The report Of the grand tri
gonometrical survey, which has lately been printed
for parliament, gives the totalarea in square miles
l36sll3; population, l51, IA 1902. And corrected
copy, with which we have been favored adds seven
millions and halt to this population most of which
is in territories but part in the native States
making the total l5s,774 065. But the fact is that
even from our territories many OF the returns are no
better than suesses, and from the native states few
are t. be relied upon. 1t has, however, generally
proved tnat accurare returns give higher population
than previous estimates and after considerable atten
prjsed to ind The official statement gradually comic
NJ from it, present advanced figure, to nearly two
bundred millions.
This splendid empire is dis ributei into four gov.
erDnents or Observation-Disclosures, Madras Bon bay
snd Agra. TIE first is the seat OF the Governor
General, and the supreme council the next two
have each governor and council and Agra il ad
ministered by Lieutenant. Governor without coun
Gil. The army is--Queen's troops 80 4S0 Compa.
pany's European troops, 10 1928 Compiny's native
troops, 240 12l total, 2s9,529 native contingents
commanded by British officers, and available under
treaties 80 000 total AT the disposal Of the Governor
General 32l 52s This is great army, yet It's pro-
portion to he extent Of she empire presents forci
bic comment N the nature of tue British rule. Com
pare it with the proportion which the armies Of the
CobtI ent bear to the population Of the respective
countries, and you mig at imagine that they were
holding conquered nations, and We governing our
hereditary soil. Fo.tyn, thousand out Of the
whole are EDg'ishmen "a less number than is gene
rally found necessary to garrison the one city Of
Paris. Even the native rsjahs, with population Of
100000, have 400 600 soldiers while we with
double the population have 10000 less though they
guaranteed against external war; and we have to
take all risks. Then our 240, 000 native troops
are a strength weakness, just as our authority
is popular or the revere Were their attachment
lost, how formidable would they be, taught in our
mode OF war, and five times "a numerous as the Eng.
sh soldiers Were they and the troops Of the ajahs
unite against u.s. it would be so 900 against $40 900.
You may travel through India .or days together
without coming on military station. You may pass
through kingdoms, with three millions or more In.
habiants, contaipiDg only ore post Of European
troops You may find great cities without soldier;
the remains ef vast Publications, near which not
Uniform is vi-ible Facts such as these, when con-
trasted with the coostant display Of military force in
The countries Of even civilized Europe, for by prove
that the power Of the Enesh has foundations 10 the
homes of the people, as well as in the cantonments
of the soldiery In the native regiments the off ,ers
are as to numbers, about hall native, half English
but native officer rise higher than to sort Of
captaiDcy or majority, and even then is under the
youngest European tnsign-a position much " Use
than that enjoyed by Hisdoos in the armies Of the
Mussulmans Bengal, Madras, and Bombay have
three distinct armies, and three commandersin-
chief