New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10

liindOos and the Noslcms. are pfohio'ieu ~
their religion t. touch drink or Intoxicating
drugs n any form. These men consider those
who drink liquor or wine daAased beings VINO
stc morally bad. Il does moi Therefore. ns-
doupl 10 tha credit Of the Government to tr2ihc
fl opium and realize millions q dollars from its
sale
Tnat tao hst.tusl We" o' opium is most Dc,
no.a'izinS and destructive ~ all pnyslcd! an"
TAat for the sake % ..:n the Government Of
India ie IN reality cnsldving TIC souls or millons
~ Indians ana Chinese. FOR The habit 81 eithcr
eating opium or smoking opium cannot o. gwen
up af'ei orco it has been acquired.
THO above aye the leading arguments o. the
missionaries. who are hGA:ing III" Government
Of Irlia AND The HOME Government tooth ana
nail. The Governmental views on the subject arc
summarized IN the undor-no'ed paragraphs
Tho use Of opium is not 6y any means 81 an ,nt
furious Ia either body or soul al man as h'"u u''
by the ant'-opiuUists. ON me i,'a, i ~, and
oa.in,, IS beneficial g. the human "rEansIn. anu
eve, preserves the faculties rom p,'"i"' " -
cav N.hi'o Nou.r or wine drums 10 -
,...tie,. .,,o nilve!cll optics Of n dCiNa'u' ~
49,, ' t,,,, +, Lo6a,-e Ike mailman. ana makes
MIN ready and willing % '1ih',Le ,Hn 3r ,,ot
C'u",'| lior ~ any outrageous conduct.
nm If is unfair to treat IN" OPIUM H'H'C a.
= crime crying L. heaven l"' Ny'l',"Ii " -' " -
s.. - y.,u-l,nov,n fact thai the most diuhhch ma
- ~, vieteucc f. England. There. rs also IN
america. drunkenness Is = national wee Wmch
neither Christianity nor tN'''F nan mas "eeA
,t,or,f fYflt
Thai opiun Was grown and used by the people
IN ire times Of the Mahom"t1n c"pe'Ors. cent
ur.aa ago and il no Invention OF me Enel;"h'
That i'm the coarse If trade II was sought 10
extend tho opium traffic by inducing the chi
ncso - hry the drug.
TIA, the revenue derived b5- the sale Of opium
t. China and to the natives Of India amounts
to several million dollars Next TO the revenue
from tie land tax in India anj thurman comes
tho reverD" fro" opium - we t'I.'ll.ili' 80,
rellnqu.ehod the opium revenue 10y giving up u"
cultivation and sale il would Immediately b.
come bankrupt. and the ADMINISTRATION "l inc
country could no possibly he carried on 49,.
That tho cultivation of poppy anoros nc
means of support to thousands upon thouSdhh"
OF Indians while the traffic in opium Is me
means Of much wealth To traders both IN lhu4
mat neitaer China nor India CeXcepting the
missionary bodies complained IL ID" hai'" ""''
to opiunl-Catel5. o, .or,
ON, n India .taS direct insult 10 lndla. DC
caus, both Hindoos and MahcmeianS are aM
Of II" hcart-TendinG misery c'uSeu pA INN t.
European countries. IN Anerlc" anu III -
tra1la and cannot for the life OF them u'lHfr-
stand why "a royal commission on "IlhN wa"
M. instituted by England. with the object oi
9scsrtaining wiz the disEracefu tTailc IN nquo,
c,uld moi for tan national good be suppressed
.,,i e.o,,ld not no permitted TO be used by the
co.r.-aalty except on medlc2t p'e-oI'PuU.",,
In .,, present state Of affairs il Is not possible
f. -.iia 90 sacrifice her opium revenue ,,,
Tra NaCras pres cHcv. the Governor oil Wnlch
=. . orJ Vorlnc', a peer of the realm II Eng
lrod has boon tho sr.n" of two sranddIS ma
have amused the Indian puhic Ihe"e S,d'I M
have been the Dcvil pance, gwen 10y .i h
TxcolIcncy Lord Wcnio'k nlmselI, anu s'a
..I[issirc Case" The Governor. who Is as
sisted by a Council. has to do Som"thlnS 10 "
li,r> mis- leisure FOR he has not much olncal
lbtr 70 a.t through Under these circum-
( stances n. gave some time ago. Srahd la''l
dress ball at Ootaclnund ana apI'drtu ~ !,
dressed devil 70 keen nm '"l.I' H,,r,s
ordered The C9,nmander-in-Chie Of the Madrts
ARM. I'm. members If the Council ana us
military and civil secretaries to adoPl 'hr $50.
glisa The troop OF evil spirits mustered S'IV"t
in the O,.acamuri pandemoninn, Where ,l'l
5r.,,,i, cbar,racn. took part I'm 4 vilish antics
c,,- lrfacol.ing capors. and acted altoFethe' IN
q most hilarious manner. S"he or Inreo
Witnessed the scene az Government ~ V,
communicated particulars t. tho press WIZ 'i'
result that every newspaper r'tueI mn"
/ what had been enacted therein. Eo"' me va
49, r,tt,ae ar. = biz superstitious for they
think that Il is most unlucky FOR any oh' /"
| attire himself as the EVIL one. or ever, 10 ,"h'
the name of the Eyil one. They' ,her'i",''
rredicted rnisfortunes happening To those VINO
had go fooHshly become devils. sure eiiousn.
some time after one of the chi'I var ,h
iu the Devil Dame SIR James porih'r' W.
comma n-Chi.f 80 thu Madras Army, was
KILLED r. 70 tiger, Other actors also met WIN
most serious accidents. ana hrd'll "S. ~"
lives Lord Wonlock is among IN" TWO or UNI
who have escaped calamity. hut MS tinc "i
suffering rlust come, II tn native superstition
u 20 be credited. 80.
/ CriciaI society i'm India is rather free and easy
with regard to manners. some ~ the stations
/ situated on the slopes ~ the ltinalaNd Aiou"-
/ tains which tho highest IN the "oIIu a.
/ oIl-knowu sanitaria. whore Government OF
fcials and their wives and daughters congrega"
/ for The PURPOSE e. escaping the heat ana ma
laIia Of the plains Even the wives 81 oiIicianS
/ who cannot got away from N" plains go uPi'''
for a spell Of enjoyment. Owing 10 the com
minglinC Of large numbers Of married ana uhs
married women with the opposite sex a dtaI o'
nren Irritation goes on. with the inevitable re-
sult that the tone Of Indian society Is frivolous
DR. Clarence Smith was the cNli surseoh y,
I tho civil station of Tanjore. In the sonih OF
india and had putting up with him az guests IN
his house a member Of the Madras civil SerFl''
and Lis wifi. who pretty ana possessed "a
fotcbinr figure The visitors were most nos
t,ahi, cntertaincd one day the doctor. whose
| svet4ro had II seemed been inJuriously affected
by the relaxing climate OF India' TOOK 1u' 'ir
wife for q drive on . cart ana WINE on rhe W.
70 the club put his arm round her spdeiy Waist
and asked for kiss. which was rightly re-
fused on getting down from the cart the Iady
left the doctors presence ana strdlghlWdy VIM
80 told all 10 her husband who demanded an
analogy. which was duly received her nus
hand not satisfied with II, submitted IL "lhcidhy
Ia The Government Of Madras.
That Government took time To cohsiueI .he
,.,'trr and without obtaining from the doctor
an explanation, or furnishing h'in WIZ W. 80
Ineat 90 the charges mao n ae,i - ,ho rav
-. annexed province OF Burmah ana recommend
cd him to the Secretary 81 stat I'' i,' ,
London. for removal from ehe ,t,hnn, nronnr
menf The Secretary Il state, "lthou, Prop'r
t,,1g,,out and Il written defence, ordeTch the re-
;;trn7,rot Of tho poor. innocent doctor on a pen
sion. The Doctor is married man ma ar wiin
grownup family and denies that ne nil hnyon neT
,,.,'n~ rxccut t. beg for "A kiss when ne never
\ few days ago the MaharaJah Of Mys@re IN IN
southern India went sGhtseeL,G, ana rd f'1 CaI'
p,,,ar,e Auohabad Bombay Poona ana 'di-
cmtta yyhora he suddenly took i'll ard died inuch
to the rcrrct Of his attendants tn" BODY en-
shroudea IN most costly cloths was pur""I ~,
tho runoral pyrc and was reduced 10 ashcS, WI.
,,,o,, l,l,erte1 Nv the priests and thrown upon
the waters Of the Ganges. the sacred sin-ciea ms
ing river Of the iiindoos. Withn INC iaSl rev w
yr,rs the Great Maharajahs matlNe ,'I.'l "
,t,,,. c,rolinr Tudorc Baroda and Tray.n-
core have been gathered to Their iathG'a, n ihe
bodies Of the deceased rulers wc;' nurnr' "m p,'e
.,hCe tatcn nv Uindoo priests all the way 10
Arahabad and there thrown into the GANGS,
when is a rivor that the natives hrm'E non'Nr