The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-04
England. Russia and Mahomet

The resent news from the So1d1n Is sufficient
20 81 all people thinking, who take an interest IN
British Empire RsyeSSeS IN Africa will not Be
confined 20 that region. Even the partial success
q the Mahii will Be sufficient TO stir the minds
And hearts Of populations all over Asia. Indspen-
dslily OF the recsnt news there have been for
some time past disgusting reports from India.
Il s noi only the tTuculeut and dlloyal tone of
the vsTuscular p-eSS which causes uneasiness but
I movement among the intelligent and influential
natives which Is generally believed to reflect Rus
siln intrigue. Many experienced Anclo-lndiaRS
eIpress the opinion that the co1ntFy Is ripe for
another rebellion, and not few spprehend trou-
bic from the feudaiory and independent native
princes. IN the event Of such an uprising. These
naiiye princes have IN their Pay an aggregate Of
$1,000 trooPs, and possess 900 cannon.
There are afty millions Of Mahonetans in India
and II the event Of general uprising II would be
necessary for great effort on the part Of England
70 hold her own.
What further coluplicatss the matter Is that
England wOIid no: only have 10 reckon with her
osu revulied subjects, but that Russia Is close at
hand 20 give them assistance. During the past
tEe-ty years that country has been steadily ad-
yarcinC from coaqest TO conquest through Central
ASA Covering her military movements with a
spsciols diplomacy which completely hoodwinked
/ her rival, she has absorbed hbHnate after Khan
ate has reduced tribe after tribe, until now AZ
shauistgn alone separates her from India and
7 Professor Nambsr- IN the Nineteenth Century
poIsts oui that the prestige Of Russia in Asia Is
enormous, and Of kind especially 10 influence
[ city with Western discipline and science which
l chsracterizss Russian rule has always been very
/ effective, and her stubborn, irresistible advance
/ has awed the supsfsiiiious races in her path.
I EysEy Oae Of her recent couqueSts has been dis
ccSSed n the b1ZAars Of Delhi and Calcutta and
/ Beuares and Madras and Bombay. and the con-
yictioa that the White Gar Is making his way TO
I 4 death-slpple with the Empress Of India has
/ long siucs been firmly established Throughout Hin
I dustan.
| Tbs ease With which Russia can act is further
I sEewu- The Caspian : now the starting point
/ t0r all Genital Asian expeditions. \ railroad.
blilt n the first instance for the purpose of con.
I trolling the Akhal Tekkes, Is being pushed for
ward as rapidly a. possible over the steppes YAM.
| beEy slys: ~ the very time / am writing this,
plans are maturing in Russian circles not only TO
/ AshkAbad, but 70 extend II from the former place
! to SarakhS, and IN due time to Law down the rails
/ between Szrskhs and Hsratn The most difficult
\ part has already been constructed. What remains
Z is comparatively easy. And when this line j.
] completed from MichsilOvsk to Herzt, according
l TO Naubery, e the entire distance between the
| eastern shore OF the Caspian Sea and Herat the
so-called KEY to India, can be made in fOFty-eishi
/ hours II the most. In summing up the entire dis
tance. It rSalts in this that taking the western
EioSt starting point, namely, Odessa, an army
can be thrown in sII days from the south Of Russia
/ into the interior Of Asia without any great eI-
I ertion and without interruption"
] The whole history of Russia shews how encer
she L for conquest. and Enelands trouble viii be
her opportunity. Their is however this TO consider
I lhe MahOmuledans Of Asia though coved by the
/ kussisl arms hate the irOn yoke of their task
master, ami general blaze in the MOhammedan
world v0aid be as likely to iniure Russia as well
! as England. The next news from the east will be
eagerly looked for by all who study recent history