, 1875-11-20

when once more irrigated, would attract emil
grants; but it is difficult o believe that, with
80 many lsisnds open to conquest in the South
Seas, he will again place himself and his people
under any organised State. He may, however,
be himself attracted by the Holy Land.
The Government Of India has now published
the Census of tbs entire Empire taken in
1877 ~. This census was taken with extreme
care, the officials being aided heartily by the
enumeratOrs, and it shewS that the entire popu-
lation of British India is 100, 563, 048, living
on an area Of 904.049 square miles while the
population of India, including Native States,
is 238,630,09S, and the area 1,450, 744. That
is, India has nearly seven times the population
of France, and seven times her area, which in
Europe is 100000 square miles. In British
India there are 1404 millions of Hindoos, 4O8
millions Of Mohamme0ans, and 81 millions of
others, mostly BuddhistS and jams, the number
Of British born inhabitants exclusive of the
Army being throughout the entire Empire only
$4,000, less than the population Of a single large
town.
We see it is stated that Sir Garnet Wolseley
while in Natal devised a new and extremely
clever plan for increasing the force at the dis
poSal Of the Government. He organised the
Indian coolies, of whom considerable numbers
0iN oiAlRlHSg ohn 1up SiGRLCO al 0uAllIdI} LOIC0
Of 1900 strong. These coolies, who are main
ly from The Nerbudda valley, will make excel
lent soldiers, they will if kindly treated obey
like children, and they are about as likely to
ally themselves with the ZuluS against Eng
lishmen as with ourang-outangs against men.
1t is q secondary advantage that their new
position will secure them against ill.treatment.
You must coEciliate men upon whom you de.
pend in battle, and if the Mauritius or Guiana
were exposed to savage inoursions, we should
hear little Of coolie grievances. Could not
service at the Cape be made one of the regular
punishments in the Native Indian Army for
purely military offences
NJ. Gambetta has issued, in the form of a
letter to the Liberals at Lyons, a most impor-
tant manifesto. lie declares that the Constitu-
ton, though received by all France with relief.
is as yet " only q law waiting to be put in exc.
cution." The elections are necessary to elicit
finally the opinion of France, and he has no fear
of the result, especially if the elections are
taken by the scr4tin de ltste. Under that sys-
tenn, the struggle becomes one between opin4
ions, and not between persons and it is, more
over, necessary in order to allow the election of
all shades of MOderates. He is convinced,
from the minute information before him, that
under the scrutin darrondiSsement the Republic
oans " de Raison" would be superseded by men
of more violent opinions. This argument for
the scrutin de liste as a method of representing
m%inorities is new and very remarkable. NJ.
Gambetta proceeds to say that the new Assem-
bly, must abolish exceptional laws, release the
Press-though REFRESHING attacks on the Re.
public and on universal su~ffrage-concede the
right of public meeting, restore municipal liber-
ty, impose an income-taX, make military service
universal, compulsory, and personal, and re-
model education according to modern ideas.
He believes that if these things are accom-
plished the Republic will stand, and the nation
will be split into two parties,-those who de-
sire progress, and those who resist it, 1.-THE
Wings and Tories of France. The letter is
universally pronounced moderate, and intended
10 weld the Left Centre and the Left into one
strong party, whose power will be manifested
in the coming electoral struggle.
The speech Of NJ German, Deputy for Ain,
and a wealthy fnancier of most moderate
opinions, is almost as important as that of M.
Gambetta. NJ. German tells his constituents
that M. Buffet has not put himself at the head
of the 1000, 600. Conservative Democrats who
exist in France, but has systematically j
affected to confuse the Republicans with the
Radicals" thus uniting the three groups Of the
Left in the Assembly. BY refusing to make
the Constitution a reality, he forces the country
to decide for itself at the election. BY appear
ing ashamed of the Republic. he has handedsit
to its adversaries as an experimental system.