The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-10-10
EUROPEANS IN INDIA.
How They Are Distributed Throughout
the Country.

How They Are Distributed Throughout
the Country.
There are lao. 600 Europeans in India.
These are scattered over the land. The
soldiers are in places deemed best fitted
for strategic purposes, sometimes as
regiments, frequently as a moiety OF
regiments, very seldom in small bands.
Non-military Europeans are most nu-
merous in the presidency cities, Calcut-
ia, Madras and Bombay, but even in
these they form very small part OF the
population. For instance, there arc
only 5000 in Calcutta, which has a pop
uation OF 100000 They are found in
smaller numbers in the great cities OF
the interior, such as Delhi, Agra and
Allahabad. At the headquarters Of dis
triets there are few European officials,
and generally few non-ofiicials-
Many Of our people are very solitary,
living often at great distance from
their European brethren. In our sur
vey of Europeans in India we may be-
gin with English sailors in Indian
ports when the census was taken, and
who, we suppose, were included in it.
The character Of our sailors at home
and abroad Is well known. The re-
straint on board ship during long voy-
ages Is followed in most cases by IL
censs on shore In a country like India
the license has often taken peculiarly
revolving forn Once, when sailing
down the Hoogly, we had as a fellow
passenger an old inhabtant of Calcut-
Ia, who pointed out to us grove near
one of the places where large vessels
we're often anchored for. days, where
sailors were allowed to land, and where
scenes were enacted which in yileness
could not have been exceeded by the
worst orgies OF heather ma
tons Such scenes are no longer
witnessed, but still, when on
leave from their ships, Win
many the grog-shops and houses
of infamv are the favorite resorts. Inc
more respectable natives dread them,
and keep aloof from them, but class
of low natives pander to their vices
While there is still much to deplore in
| our sailors, much has been done and Is
being done for their improvement in
ch aracter and conduct. Not lew
have become decided Christians, and
the wickedness of many more has been
restrained. Their treatment on board
ship is better; the voyages are shorter;
MANY are on board steamers that are
never for long period at sea; many
! can read, and much is done to supply
them with good books. We have mem
toned that Of the 40, 200 Europeans in
India no fewer than 81, 900 are soldiers.
They form a very important and indis-
pensable portion of the community.
Let them be withdrawn, let it be known
all over the Indian continent that they
are Withdrawn, and our Government
would speedily collapse. We do pot
say that our Government, because alien,
rests mainly on force. II rests largely
on the goodwill of the nation OF In
dia, and that goodwill rests on their
being Justly and wisely ruled; but IN
the ambition and interests of various
classes there are elements of strife
ready to burst into desolating storm
If unrestrained by the knowledge Of
power which can not be successfully
resisted. Neither is it just to say that
our army is maintained TO fasto1 down
foreign yoke ON the neck Of India ~
does maintain our power; without II IN
the great mutiny we should have beep
swept away, but it maintains our power
to preserve peace and order all over
the continent. II withdrawn, we b.
lievc scenes of bloodshed and anarchy
would soon be witnessed such - the
world has seldom seen. We may we'll
attach high value to body OF men
SO indispensable for our security and
the fulfilling Of our national vocation
The British Quarterly KeviesO.
!; Captain Richard G. Luce, who died