Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-04-25
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dolph thurhill ON Indian affairs, as
quoted aud apparently endorsed in last
Wednesdays Gazette. II the native
princes ate rcall, loyal To England and
friendly to British rule, so much the
better We hope II is true and in fact
Atc quite prepared To believe H. HUT
according to Lord Randolph II doesn't
matter a pin whether ,hev arc loyal or
not The capitals oi the various ma
tive states ate all held by garrisons OF
British troop, who arc perfectly able
in the opinion OF this compaccnt peer
to knock into smilherccns the armies
OF the native rulers, rntircly irrespective
ot numbers II these rulers want to
amuSc themselves hy hiring and or.
ganislng soldiers, let them do So 10y all
means and To any extent The question
OF loyalty or tricndlincsS is not worth
raising -Four British regiments, he says,
can get away with 100000 OF them any
day, Just as well as not. Knowing Lord
Randolph as We do. We arc rather sur.
priScd At his modeSty We should have
supposed he would have made 1t two
regiments and soc, 900, Just as easy
YOU know and all the more glory. 1t
may he true as the Gazette tells us,
tha, this irisky young nobleman is mo
careless observer" Whatever he may
be MS an observer he is certainly very
loose talkcr, a fact oi which those who
have observed his public career are
quite well aware. The fact is | ord
Randolph Churchill with all his tory
principles and high-,oned associations
is kind OF aristocralic Ben Butler
The two men, Notwithstanding their
difference in age, training and oircum-
stances, have a great deal in common
There is the same vigorous and pictur
esque style OF rhetoric, extremely iorci-
bic and not particularly refined, the
Yankee being the more logical of the
two and the Englishman abounding
more protusely in slang, There is the
same love for striking attitudes and
saying things TO create sensation.
There is also the same quckncss to
see point and readiness to make the
most OF ii and the same willingness TO
ignore facts and resort to sophlstry
whenever it may seem to serve the pur-
pose,
There is this difference however, thai,
General Butler rs leader of I'VE fierce
demooracie' is quite in harmony with
his environments, while Lord Randolph
Churchill as a member of the conserya.
tive arlstooracy Is decidedly on. OF
harmony with his. He is altogether
too lively for the company he keeps
and mus, be a sad trial sometimes TO
the more judicious OF his friends and
political associates. With his active
and nncrcurial mind and his equally
active and somewhat caustic tongue he
is constantly liable TO be getting them
into ho, water We have great faith in
both the fighting and the ruling quail
ties OF our British cousins We con
slider the British empire in India to be
both in military and civil sense, one
of the most magnificent achievements
OF modern times But we remember
that within our own day the British
power has had to contend with one
Indian mutiny, which although almost
il not quite confined to one Of the three
great departments into which the In.
dian empire is divided, required con.
siderable time, large amount OF
money and the services OF several times
four regiments for its suppression. We
respect patriotism and We admire pluck,
but this kind OF foolish talk about one
Englishman trashing two or three hun
ldred Orientals, particularly when the
latter are organized and well armed, i.
quite unworthy of British lords. Recent
events in the Soudan, however glorious ,c
the British arms, afford no foundation
for such overweening confidence,