The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-24

ton OF tire financial burdens and re sources OF India
before considering the possibility Of drawing ON the
country Tor military strength For maintaining Tho
army that now holds lnaia tho following expenditures
were and are necessary
raid by England Paid BY fndio.
lsI4-IJ, .t3,og2,oOn IlO, 1o'oo0
ls,5-Io.. 344o, ooD ~ 500, Wy
showing an increase IN 1907 over the ,provous
year oI the amount payable by India Of Gll0OUu.
India already pays onc-th!d oi the total cost Of an.
tanning the British army al home and abroad. The
service is In u most unsatisfactory ard unsafe con
IL ION. and increase OF almost wholly spont
III Engaad-thai while the Increase Of tho of
MAINTAINING tho army in India is only / 05 rcr cent.
that OF the expenditures oil India In England
has increased over nineteen per cent year.
Everything, therefore, uopc Tor the benefit OF Eng
land 10 ad her military power aud strengthen her ten
ure OF tho Indian Umpire, and little or Lothing tor tho
benefit o the country that furnishes the money Tho
railroad system of tho Indian peninsula IS almost
wholly subordinatcd TO military purposes. During tho
past years India has paid over $40, 0u0 Tor
raiiroads which nave been constructed oily with
troops readily effective against
the population that supports ana pays them me best
paying road In tndla the East Indian does not earn
It's guaranteed per centagc on it's capital and each Of
the lines has debt which II Il unable 10 sustain under
the very conditions Oh which the money WAS originally
borrowed Trade does not now along these railroad
channels because they are not aligned as commercial
but military roads The vita! question ~ irrigation
has beer neglected until periodical, and. IL
Is feared, annual lamincs viii become regu-
lar Indian institutions The present fear
fui condition Of certain portions Central
India be traced directly 10 tho neglect OF useful
works lar those which tend to increase tho military
being madn stay The spread of this horrible misery.
tho ipct that the cheapest disposition that
be made o a supealuous population Is 20 let u DO
thiunei by death The Hindoo is by nature o atalist
ana resigns himself to The grave with phlosophc
Tranquility frequently seeking refuge IN u
from the horrors 81 lite. But, like ali iataliss, he
sometimes yeds to desperate resolves. winch, unless
controlled, lead "a serious consequences Tor those who
rule hin The army, therefore, must lie maintained
auy cost, and smincs have been before now organ
tied by English s,acsmcn "a tho safety valves OF po
icai pressure
NV, tho assumption that the Hndco does not
clearly understand his position with regard to hts
English master would bc an erroneous one indeed Tho
pcopio Of Hindostlr are thoroughly cognlan oil tue
rlehi and wrong side OF their case, and
from necessity that thny accept II the
best condition attainablc. They clearly that
long the Brush flag lloats Calcutta and Delhi
50 long VIII india 90 The victim q rapaciiy which Is
not the iess fa,n because II Is exercised uricr The
abused name ~ law Perhaps India may prosper. but
SHE VIII never represent reliable base whence English
Russia
There arc nj present in India about sixty two
thousand British soldiers and perhaps less than two
hundred uUus aud available native troops including
native police under Brush colors vi these latter
the ranks Gllcd with mon or many tribes. each
having It's peculiar baUits and belief, caste aud
custom. such iofcc IS therefore not homogeneous
enough Tor transportation 70 distant seats 81 war lnd
would lurnmh te poorest troops ~ thc world or sHch
q purpose Differences u caste differences ~
food 10 India Even military association oaly be
Preserved nndcr the pressure ~ disciplnc. Tue
Ghoorkas and other hill tribes dosplsc tho moro
cncmiaatc people of the low country, who
are themselves subdivldcd into sections tribes
whose Telg tcncts teach them 70 abhor everything
that conflicts With their IDEAS. Ii would there
fore, be nposs bio transport either oycrlnud or b.
sta sufficient nGsnbcr oil these troops to mako Eng.
land Intervention from her lndnn base vi any prac
ticnl account Her frontier * nov bclny nod
by that Of tho Russian EMPIRE but the ucu raj ground
IL simply smpassabln Tor al Anglo.lndan army. Even
II the distance between The present scat OF and tho
Indian frontier was not SO great and that tho inter
venug area was not oOsruced az u Is by nnumerabc
dicucs, the mere fact alono that order supply
an hn9o.lndian army With the subsistence which i
would require as a nrs; necessity, Il would Involve
commissario almost Ms varied ns could be imag ned
H. therefore, TIE European contingent u Alblo y
suiicr from want y. Organization IN var tfac, bow
much more wond forcc adequate Tor tho purposes io
winch was intended suiiur IRON detective arrange
mcnts and physical dlicutiesg The transportation
81 Drtish army rom lndA overland 70 Asla MlnoI