The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-28
From the T.mes-Herald.


.hat "om. = , "Tp.c .r mere '.,!,o ,s no "ouo'
hass, a. pn,,. =, ,.,,,.s a.. I'll,
;n~ Srn,, d,nion no" ouS q, ~
oman sanrat -, Hin,on,a,; " n,noia, =, ,hat a.
ha ,,,i, ,,,,,h H., IT, y, I'm ~ 49, ,ai 'S
from activn .ar,.,na ~, soon ns nr,1
SaII.hurv oon sa,t,o ~ J,1,o,'it nrns-
tIon of his successor Tive nrnh, hiiitv
is thai Tho ,ata o,,irn,n ,yi,l ,,itnass tha
retiramont az tha m,nst y,c,ad nf pr;tiSh
djn,o,natas 1Sha,n +, 20 a,,,,.,a y 80
tinoenrv of Angio' 'Turtish comni,oo.
t;nn. tSot r,i'r,,3 ran1an /, nonassor,,
for him - bniI an a ',h,io ,onaar p,,
this 10 anuhtr,,,
Lord Dnffarin 10 ro,, II, hi, sayart,.th
year His caraar has haam Ionr ana
snanaid No man cine. Ta alI,,,,,,nd has
had smch onaiianot,ons for j,nInn,ac,.
Uis eXnarianca az II hoe vorv oraa Nv
iva nscnndad th.tnf tha afar'onS 1Sronoh,
man NJ t,nrnnan, nv n,ho, 5iniomat-
lot of tbis age bo. had nnvtbino iita
7 ord pufyar,n,, onnnrt,nitv or etndv
in~ tho hardar,on,I os oiylliyation
tbose countra. u,bnso raoas ara s,nu,,,,
melting down into na,innaiitias "f ah,
sohtis,n NJ its yenith ns a. e. patsrs-
byrp and In nrocess ~ dissojution as
at Gonstantinnnla
His Greatest Activities.
India w.s tho soot or ard Duffar,n,s
yrnatas, wa" ct,,,;,,a , la 81 H., Sn nnst s,,an'
aid ach,evments The nsriod of his
vice rovaItv 1884 IN 1850 witnessed the
soIntion of soma of tho most comnli-
Gated and serious nrohlams that have
grown out of Rritisb .dministration in
India no him more than to anv other
man beforc mr. since WAS dne the settle
ment on a comnarativelv satisfactory
basis M the land tenures In n country
where tbev ora % various ana multi
form 40 its reiiy;n,,s heiiefs From, the
heginninr Of EngIand,s rnle In India TO
the da te of 7 ord Dmrfar,n's withdrawal
there had nevar hean a dav when the
vice.rerai government had not been
occupied in some mart of the territory
with tbe investipations of systems OF
rant or In nd re,,onua and with nassinp
laws to satt,e disnutes mr. apriculturai
rrievances To this relatively coiorless
but ohsoluteIv ;mnortant tasi, Dufferin
broupht ali the aYnarence pained dur-
inc manv Years Of active narticination
in the discussion of Irish agrarian
questions. The resemblance between
1ndia tus's uces non ,as, o unnn n1I him p''''
In IrIin tho 90 NJ that tbara ,s M Eng.
,ish iandlord;sn, has kent these issues
praa fron, anto giamort With The rivalry
nf racs. Int thero nc In Irajond the
conf,icting intarssts of ownarshjn and
occ,,nancv in Observation-Disclosures
Iving nov, nc of nld nj the basis of
civil societvMnarnatma dafv ali lepis-
Ia tive afforts to nrevent neriodic
strains The famous Bengal tenancy
bill which Dufferin caused To he nassed
a few months fter his n arrival in India
nv the Iegislative council. has now been
cented on hoth sides no a fair adjust.
ment of tbe terrible grievances II was
DESIGNED TO remove. Further lerisla-
tion was needed to deyelop the law and
extend its annlication but the credit of
first embodvinr its principle in legisla-
tion for the benefit of her maiesty's
millions Of Indian subiects is Lord
Dufferin's. IT was the crowning fea-
ture of n strong. humane. generous and
brilliant Internal administration. It
did for India what the right sort of land
act would do for Ireband-removed
the chief ground of complaint ON the
part of the subject.
won the Ameers Coh'idehce'
In what may be called the external
administration of India-the consolda-
tion and augmentation of territorial
possessions Lord Dufferins name will
always be connected with the latest
steps which led up to the present COM
manding position of Great Britain in
Asia
The British Empire Is so big a target
that the clumsiest marksman cannot
fail to hit il somewhere But impar-
tial students of the history of British
India know that neither the governors
general nor the Indian services are to
be held primarily answerable for a sys-
tenn under which Great Britain has
been ircessantly proclaiming peace. vet
prosecuting war. 6lsclaiminc the wish