New-York tribune., 1885-03-16
NOTES FROM LONDON.
LORD RIPON AND DINDIA-GORDONM MEMORIAL
TWO CRlES-MISS ANDERSON.


TWO CRlES-MISS ANDERSON.
rr,ou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRnuSz.l
LONDON. February "a;
Lord Ripon has had his public dinner nom tne
National Liberal Club, and made his Speech ana
other men have made speeches in his honor rNo
Cabinet Ministers were present and many iaoie''
cries ono enthusiastic advocate OF that singular
policy known as India for the Indians. Inc iaaie'
were rightly there. Politics with them are ma.'oi
of sentiment, and Lord Ripon's policy IN lndia na'
been described as policy Of sentiment; NOT Oh 'no
whole unjustly. The late Yiceroy is man OF many
admirable qualities; with fervent love OF justice
With deem desire to do Justice to the natives OF
India; and with something of tho martyr spirit
which leads man to face hostility and hatred In
defence of his beliefs. As Lord Ripon. he deserves
all tho honor paid him as Viceroy OF India. H!ou
ask what he has done during his term OF oihce tno
answer becomes O little difficult. He has maae
himself beloved by the natives and hated by tno
Ango-Indans but in both cases 1t Is for what 10
wanted to accomplish rather than for what nc nhS
ACCOMPLISHED Not much has been changed by MS
rule India is governed to-day very much as IL was
governed the day Lord Ripon landed In Bomoay'
The Ibert Bill. about which 30 fierce controversy
ragged so long, was shorn of Its most importaht pro
visions before it was allowed to become law. Anu
Lord Ripon's administration will be rememoereu
chiefly by tho protractod and embittered struss'o
about that measure.
What Lord Ripon represented in India was that
docrinaire spirit which has got hold Of some Leading
English Radicals, and is mnch heard OF here III
England Possessed with profound conviction Oh
the utility of Parliamentary government Dased on
popular rights they would people the world Win
Pariaments on the model Of the House Of Commons
at Westminster. Persuaded that the franchise 10 u
talisman, they would put 1T into every hand fer-
ceiying that in such countries as England and the
United States power must rest with tho people. they
would give tho people power in countries which
have not one single point OF resemblance 10 INC
United States to England. Their dream Is 10
apply the maxims of constitutional government 10
countries which, for more centuries than Europe
can remember. have known no constitution but the
will of the ruler for the time being. The Asatc Is
to become a cockney Mussulman and Hlndoo'
Brahmin and Buddhist, Bengalee and Sikh, the
most submissive and the most warlike of races the
most fanatical and the most tolerant, the most
ignorant and the most enlightened. the most loyai
and the most hostile of British subjects III India are
to tie Radical mind. of the same mould, tit Tor the
same institutions, to be treated with the snhio
panacea. They are to be educated. they are 10 DO
taught to govern, they are 10 govern. And when
once this benefcont fancy has become fact the
British will have performed their mission IN Nm
dostaD and may retire. although every man VINO
knows India knows that their retirement would be
the signal for fresh outbreak Of the strife which
has dcsolated the peninsula from the beginning OF
time.
There is no great danger that the Radical will be
allowed TO carry his experiment very far but 1t is
for attempting to take one step in this direction
that Lord Ri2on is now a favorte toast with Rad
ical orators. Lord Ripon's opponents agree with
him that England holds Iuda in trust for the people
Of India The natives entitled 10 good govern
meut to Justice, to education and 70 many other
things But Lord Rpon and his opponents part
company when they pass from principles 10
measures @Take away the British sword from
behind etlucated India" says the Ango-lndian,
and in twelve months there would not be glib
Baboo who should dare to open his lips" Does
Lord Ripon doubt iti Would he venture to try
Can he foreseo a period when such an experiment
can be made Tho PLAN truth Is India has never
been ruled otherwise than by the sword. and
whether the sword be English native 1t will still
be the sword. England won hor groat Oriental
empire by force. and by force siic will have to keep
it, il she means TO keep 1t at ALL She is not loved
bv the people whom sho governs. but those people
are nevertheless moro wisely and less oppressivey
governed than at any period of their past history
or than they would be If tho British garrison should
set sail tomorrow for its island home.
Tho papers have for some time been printing
humorous suggestions for a memorial TO Gordon |
None of them seemed much 10 the point. or fixed
public attention. till Lady Burdett-Couttss letter
appeared on Monday. Everybody wanted some
thug done 10 horor the memory OF the greatest
Englishman of his time. but no two persons were
of the samc mind as to the character OF the memo
rial, or how to set OH foot sufficient scheme Lady
Burdett- Coutts's letter Is anything but model of
- lao, writ wi feel
and her name insures respect She appealed TO The |
Tines 10 open subscription and the conductors of
that journal assentcd. Next day, however. the |
ord Mayor took charge of the business. The Lord |
Mayor of the City of London is q functionary to |
whom such duties fall by kind Of prescription.
He has, or assumes. a very peculiar and extensive
jurisdiction. lie is probably the only man in the |
kingdom who could appoint committee OF the
greatest people in IL. and be sure Of their accept
ance His present list includes the Prince Of Wales.
the Duke of Cambridge the Archbishop of Cantcr-
buy Cardinal Manning. the Chinese Minister. the
Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. other members OF
Cabinets past and present the Governor OF the
Bank of England. one of the Rothschilds. one oil
the Barings. Mr.. Walter, and the Rev. Dr. Allen.
who is sort of Archbishop to the Nonconformists.
This is one of the strongest committees ever got |
together for any object If they succeed In agreeing
on the proper nature of memorial to Gordon, they
ought to be intrusted at with the government
of the country. II would be government If not |
Of All the Talents of all the parties and sects into
which Great Britain is split up As n Committee |
for Gordon Memorial. it ought to obtain easily all
the money it can use, and to devise, perhaps less
easily, q sufficient method of doing honor and |
homage TO the hero whom an English Ministry left |
to his forescen fate IN Khartoum.
One effect Of the crisis and of the pressure Of busl-
ness in Parliament is to put aside nearly all those
questions which not burning. and some which