New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
TNDI1N TEOOPS ~ CHINf.

Apart from probable preparations for inter,
venton. in concert with other European Powers.
Great Britain is reported 10 be sending troops
+, China 10 protect the lives and property Of
British subjects at the treaty ports In itself
this is not only proper thing 10 do, but ais"
one Of which there is urgent need. Chinese
soldiers are being masscd at these ports. ana
they are simply lawle>s brgands lo9tins. out
raging and numbering at Will. II * the fashion
for them 10 get their living from the country. no
matter whether it be the cnrmy'~ or their own.
As a result life and property are always in
peril when they are about. The only security
Is in flight. or in The coming Of foreign force
sufficient 10 hold the rOtOus Sodcry In check
Much hostile criticism has. however. been
aroused against the British Government because
of the troops II has chosen for this purpose.
4 few Of them are English. but the bulk are
taken from the native Indian army. and are
GhoorkaS Sikhs and the like. illusions are
current 10 the IlcsSians. 10 the employment Of
American Indians in the Revolutionary war,
To the horrors Of the ScpOy Mutlny. ana To til"
impending doom Of the nation that relies upon
such aid in its wars: all Of which moments
consideration shows to be quite irrelevant. For
these Indian soldiers are in no sense mcrccna-
rips as We're the Hcssans. They are native
born subjects Of the Empress Of India employed
in her service on exactly the same basis as the
Scotch Grcys or the ColdStrcam Guards II is
every whit proper To send them 10 protect
Imperial interests in China as il was 10 send
English regiments 10 Egypt and up the Nile:
or as II was 20 send Ncw-England troops into
| Virginia or Virginia troops into Mexico.
| Neither are these soldiers savagcs. who will
repeat the horrors Of Wyoming and Of Gavin
| pore. They are not now the fanatlcal followers
OF Mana Sahb but the subjects Of Victoria
They are differed. they have been drilled. by
| Englishmen. and are scrupnlous in their OBJ
servancc of the humanities Of warfarcif such
| phrase may be usedaS are European troops
Certainly in every detail of civilization they are
| UNNECESSARILY Superior 10 the british MongolS
| they sent 10 overawc
| There remains Of the objections TO This use Of
them therefore, only one. that 1t is bad policy
for a nation to call upon n subject race to fight
It's battles But this objection is not valid
| either. for the Indians are not a subject race
| in any such sense as were the savagcs whom
Rome subducd and then drafted into her
legons. Indians fill State offices Of trust and
honor by the side of Englishmen Not only do
they do so in India. but they are elected TO
sit in the Imperial Parliament at Wcsiminstcr
| the peers Of any Gon "of hundred carls" They
are not slaves, but fcllow-subjccts It therefore
seems not bad policy. hut good policy and
high wisdom 10 employ them thus Nothing
/ will inspire them with greater loyalty to the
British flag than to fight for II. Nothing will
make them more loyal subjects Of the Empire
than to make them feel that upon them rest that
Empires security and honor. If England is al
ways 10 govern India as n conquered land, and
its people as n servilc race the sooner she gets
| ont the better. for the undertaking Is not only
unworthy but impossible. The only plan that
has hope Of success Is 10 treat the Indians a.