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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14
SUPERVISOR BRITT, 9th Ward.

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

ligous change is rising above ancient
crceds ana customs. The natives are
sending their children willingly TO the
mission schools. Native gentlemen are
cscheVing the grosser practices of their
own creed. The new lcaven has begun
20 work upon the dense array of igno-
rance, bisotry and superstition" These
people do not come WithiH leo miles OF
understanding each other. nor is il easy
to see how they can ever be brought
nearer.
That the British appreciate the terri.
bic gravity Of the situation Is apparent
Throughout the country there is gem
eral military activity. a concentration
of troops on the northwestern frontier
shows that the officials are very appre-
hensive of a movement by the ameer Of
Afghanistan in aid Of the native uprls-
ing Not before in the history OF India
has there been such a concentration of
troops as there is today in the section
referred to. All leaves Of absence have
been stopped, and every man connected
with the British army'in India has been
ordered to report for duty, regardless
OF what his capacity may be. War is
in the air. You can feel 1t. just as you
can this wind when H. is damp.
The great question that confronts the
queens representatives, is, In the eveat
of an uprising how many Of the native
troops viii remain faithful 10 the British
cause? Those who claim ~ know say
that the troops that are in the territory
governed by the niZam OF Haidarabad.
10000 in number Will probably act with
the British. Eight thousand of the
troops mentioned are under British oit-
GERS. The nizam has always been a
friend Of the British, as have his an
Cestots.
The Indian contingent, as IL is called.
is composed OF exceedingly well drilled
men. With some Of these men military
service Is hereditary. The rank and file
come Of the best lighting stock in the
east. the soldiers being made up OF
Sikhs, Dogras and Paythans. Those
that have 10 face them during the
British wars in Afghanlstan and Burmar
have had good cause to know their ca
pabilities in this respect The cham
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

a quarrel with the English would BEN
eft them. Their customs have not been
disturbed and their ancient traditions
are still thoroughly respected and lived
up TO.
In the section OF India comprising the
Deccan, Gundwana and Bengal clear
to the borders Of the independent states
OF Nepal and Bhutan, there is a cry
for war and death. A. far south az
where the utteruust limits Of Carnatic
frown upon distant Ccylon the blood
fever is up. Bombay itself is in tho
throes of incipient rebellion. and before
the words here written reach the eyes
of the public the fires of carnage may
be lighting the streets Of the city. II IS
only short distance from BOMBAY 20
Poonah, where open hostilities began
with the murder of the British health
officers. and it is safe to say that in
every village between the two places
the ravires of the mad mullah are
household words.
The rising OF the Swats the Peshawur
raid. the Malakand disturbance and a
dozen other events of a similar nature
indicate only too we'll that the flood tide
Is on and that no man knows when the
ebb will set Never since the British
gained supremacy of India have they
been confronted with such a crisis as
exists today
Despite the fact that II is a very long
time since Queen Victoria became em-
press OF India the majority of the pco-
pie consider her of less Importance than
one OF their own gods To them her
name is an empty one, always thrown
at them by men i'm red uniforms or ci-
,F4It t., 1.f IN, AFl h,t
tive Is no better than a dog. and i'm In
dia nothing moro degrading can be said
Of a man than that. The natives say
tho British have violated their most
sacred rights No resident Of England
itself believes more firmly that every
mans house is his castle than does the
Iiindoo. In fact. the latter is almost
monomauiaC on the subject. and no one
can OFFER a worse insult than 90 force
his way unbidden into natives
home.
II was this sentiment and nothing else
which caused the tragedy at Poonah.
The plague ragged with viTulence and II
was borne TO the ears Of the government
health officers that the natives resent
ing the regulations and restrictions Of
the Tpoaah board Of health not only
hid eases OF the plague from them. but
concealed the pcstiferous dead i'm their
own homes i'm order that their bodies
might not De degraded hy the touch OF
Oh" iuddtl
Thus when it Is considered that in
takuE the action they do and assuming
their present position the natives are as
firmly convinced that they are doing
only that which IS right as 90 is pos
sible Cor men 10 bo the gravity OF the
situation ls apparent. That is why the
mad mullah's proclamation sumunonlng
he natives TO rise m "a holy war has
had SO tremendous an effect The proc
l3mation was just the ono spark need
ed to fire the train. and 10 was scattered
broadcast throughout tho Eaiaur. Swat.
SLACK mountain. Indus. K0histau and .
Khybcr districts and among the Afridis I.
and Orakzarais while the mullahs .
mi4slrics did their very best they were .
aided much by the agents ot the amccr /
II Afghanistanr
Three great systems confront Chris /
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
Causes and Progress of the Rebellion.

ed. The AfrldIs have turned against
the English. They are a populous and
powerful tribe, and this makes II dan
gerOus. And heretofore the Afridis have
always been loyal. They have come to
Dee looked upon as devoted adherents, as
much TO be depended upon as the Sikhs,
who remained faithful during the multi
ny of 1851.
And this is not the only cvil. There
are many Afridis among the British
troops. There is danger that the revolt
may spread TO them and they will turn
upon their masters. Should this follow
there will be the most dreadful scenes
of bloodshed that the world has ever
seen.
The mutiny may spread from one end
TO the other OF the Indian empire, and
the native troops may turn against
their conquerors.
There may be people who suppose that
the fighting in northern India now is
very like that in Cuba, where the kill
ing OF half dozen men is called a bat
tie. one little dispatch from Simla
which was printed the other day de-
stroys this belief. a battle was fought
at Malakand. The mutinoers attacked
the British troops. The rumber Of
trbesmen killed was 200. while the
English lost 50, including two off,
GERS
Kashmir, although an independent
Indian state and not directly subject TO
British rule, is inclined 10 favor the
crown If it came TO open hostilities,
the chances are that kashmir would
give to Great Britain its moral support,
for it would really be not i'm the quarrel,
the natives of that province by no
means considering themselves British
subjects. To be sure, the amcer Of Az
ghanistan is a potent power in their
eyes but even that cunning official can.
not persuade the Kashmr natives that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

tain that Alexander the Great landed
upon the banks OF the Indus about 327
Is. G. The information obtained from
this expedition is the first from an au-
thontic source to reach Europe. After
a long interval the parsees, a small
tribe Of Persians. cmgrated 20 tie
country. taking with them the records
of their faith, the Xend Avesta. Then
came the Mohammedans--th Arabs,
Turks Afghans, Moguls and Persians
proper-and their system of rel gion
became widespread. The successors of
Mohammcd after occupying Damascus
for 100 years finally fixed their capital
at Bagdad i'm $50 and their power then
extended into Afghanistan and in later
years into india. In the Bengal PROV
inces alone there are over 20.66I000 Mo-
hammedans. more than in any one
country on the globe.
Il is worthy OF note that the MOslems
are the most numerous among the peas
ants and the cultivatug classes, and
when we understand the caste system
of the native Hndoo the reason Is APP
parent The Mcslem conquerors pro-
claimed equality for people kept down
by caste, and when the invaders APP
rcared, with the sword in one hand and
The Koran I'm the other, they were not
wholly unwelcume.
Islamism Is ever spreading out and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

They are OF mighty stature, with pow
erful muscles and love of combat.
They are brutal and deadly. They nei-
fher ask nor receive quarter. They are
vull OF cunning and strategy, and they
go into battle fired with fanaticism.
The difficulty Of understanding the
course of events i'm British India arises
Nrom the anomalous distribution Of au-
fthority on that peninsula. There are in
India 6SS separate sovereignties or
epuasi sovereignties. In some OF these
the ruler is merely n clerk OF the Brit
4 ish government, which exercises both
i nominal and real power. In others he is
a nominal sovereign. with police power,
but he takes his orders from Calcutta.
In others, again, he is a real sovereign,
but he Is made to understand that IL
he fails to follow the advice of the Brit
ish resident at his court IL will be worse
for him. The ameer of Afghanistan. for
instance. is free to pursue a policy in
imical to Great Britain, but If he does
so he may share the fate OF Dost Mo-
hammed. He can only feed his grudge
against the English by egglng on a
tribe like the Afrids to rebel. If il
succeeds, he will at the proper moment
join il in the field and reap the ben
disclaim responsibility for its action.
The revolt Is the outgrowth of fanat-
icism and the resentment against Brit
ish influence. The hill tribes do not take
kindly to the innovations OF civilized
life. They want the country for them
selves and to follow their own ways.
which is natural enough. Their petty
rulers long for the time that shall never
come when British resident of po-
litical party will not interfere with
their pleasures and ambitions.
The priests and religious leaders have
done much 10 stir UP the trouble. Their
influence is beyond the realization of
one who is not familiar with the native
life in India.
One VINO has not studied the tribal
differences cannot make head or tail
of the distinctions, but this much ia
quickly realized: The hill tribes are the
most dangerous in India. They are
natural warriors. They have lived by
the sword and spear FOR thousands of
years. Now they have excellent rifles,
which they have purchased or stolen or
captured from the English.
AS matter of fact there Is always
more or less fighting going on i'm north
ern India. The facts do not find their
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

the part of wisdom to overlook as much
AZ possible the shortcomings and abom-
nations of the native rulers.
The ameer has been going too far dur
ing the past few months. He has been
subjecting women To the most horrible
tortures. He has burned a few OF them
alive, and he has crucified others.
II Is a very horrible thing to see a
woman nailed 10 a cross floating
down a river, as the English soldiers
have seen more than once, and they
cannot escape the responsibility Of these
things. When a woman's limbs are
hacked of because OF the anger of some
ruler, IL may be attributed to accident
but crucihXion is different
Few details have been published
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

want TO declare war himself and have
the troops pour into his country. He
chose a much more effective and safer
way. He stirred up the border people.
1t may be that the ameer was rcspon-
sible for the restessness of the hill
tribes. 1t may he that he took advan-
tage of a condition of affairs that is
common enough from time To time. At
any rate, the priests began stirring up
the people. \ few of the bands, under
the direction Of the ameer. started the
bah rolling. OF course he has de-
clared that he has no influence over
these folk and cannot hold them in
check. 1t doesn't deceive the British,
but 1t protects the ameer i'm a measure.
THE actual line Of demarcation be-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

pose 10 administer the government ac-
cording 10 European principles and
wherever Asiatic ideas clash with Euro
pean ideas To subordinate the former
To the latter? Lord Roberts who prob
ably understands India better than any
other man living. has placed on record
ihe opinion that he doubts II very much.
The standpoints of the European and
the Asiatic are very wide apart. The
Hindoo regards the Englishman as an
oppressor who by shecr force holds him
in subiectlon, ,ramples on his feelings.
despises his creed, meddies with his hab-
it's, shocks his preiudices and holds his
most cherished principles i'm contempt.
How the Engilshman regards the Hin
doc may be seen frsm a recent pub
lication. in which IL is said that Eng
lish influence is helping forward the
moral progress OF the people committed
to our charge. The tide OF social and re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

tween northern India and Afghaulstan
s NOT -o clearly defined as To people as
30 is t0ppgTaph ph,allN
lt is Wild aud terrible country In
tho fastuDssDs of the HiW3'aNa noun
taIns 4 is the home of the hill mon.
This gives them o. tremendous advau-
tagp. They know the trails over the
mountains. They can attack. massacre
and escape.
ny lies iu tho great numbers that have
arisen md the tribes that have revolt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

rion shooting team OF the Twenty-sixth
Punjab regiment OF Bengal infantry is
fairly representative of the soldiery OF
the Indian contingent.
Whether 10 Is war or not. British pow
er IN india lies trembling in the balance.
only the exercise OF the greatest sa-
gacity and the most rigorous nrsciphne
can save India from plunginF into
war that will certainly be one OF th3
most sanguinary of the century.
General Sir George stewart Whl'e'
commander in chief OF the troops IN
India, is a military commander VINO
shares Lord Roberts personal knoWI-
edge Of Afghan ana frontier warfare.
He Joined the army year or Two
after Lord Wolseley did. lie did yeo-
man service I'm the Indian mutiny. and,
serving with the Ninety high
landers I'm the Afghan campaign 90
iS,q-sO. he won his V. G.. by a splendid
act of self sacrificing bravery. The
prcsent commander I'm chief at home
knows his value. Hence Lieutenant
Colonel White. as ne was thqn. was
chosen I'm 1885 60 take part I'm the mem-
orablc Nile expedition. and he won
fresh distinction by distinguished serv-
ice on the staff. lie led a brigade the
same year IN the burmese war and
commanded the fold force iu Burma
from 1856 90 1888 Lord puferin then
viceroy. warmly approved the signal
services rendered
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

about the cruolucs of Abdurrahman
Khan. The official reports and the
stories that have come out of India
have referred Co them 600 general way.
The ameor uas told very plainly that
he would have to behave himself
Tho ancor has wholesome respect
for The English government. His couu-
ny has had experience. The lSaythans
had beautiful time in tho beginning 80
thc Afghan wars but the English had
their revenge. and the big hairy war
riors suffered terribly. Maybe Il VIII
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

way 70 England through the official dis
patches, and so they are lost sight Of al
together.
People who know say that the best
idea ~ Indian warfare can be gained
from Kipling's stories There are ever
SO many tales showing exactly how
little dotachments OF soldiers suppress
minor upfislngs by strategy and cam
ture N possible and by shooting n nee
efs8ry.
Every little while "a feeling ~ unrest
followed By significant activity. takes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
THE NATIVE UPRISING IN NORTHERN INDIA

ratio HindOo could evolve a period ex-
tending over 1890, 00o, 900 years az con-
stitutng kalpa or single day OF
Brahma? on who but Hindoo hair
splitter would have divided time into
Inspirations. twinklings and atoms di-
visions so inhnitesimal that the Chris
tian mind is lost i'm the contemplation?
The English affect 10 justify the oc-
cupation of India by pleading the bene-
fits which they have conferred upon the
country They say that they have be-
slowed on IL more orderly and more
impartial government than the people
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
HILL MEN CHARGING THROUGH
THE KHYBER PASS.

seeking converts. which uindooism
from the very nature OF It's system. can
never do. y Brahman Is born. not
made. The caste OF a Hindoo can never
be altered Thus it WAS that Islamlsm
gained It's hold among the lower classes.
In dealing with this insurrect'on Eng
land has one OF the hardest tasks she
has had set before her. \ religious war
among these fanatics means more than
appears on the face Of IL. In the Hin
docs We find the greatest thinkers Of
mankind and the greatest fanatics
what Imagination save that Of the or.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

II Is within the bounds OF possibility
that the events now happening in Brit
ish India may be bat the initial steps in
n revolution which may materially
change the map of the world. Already
the news has come that the rebellion
viii be- as dreadful as the sepoy mu-
Hny oe 1887. The tribesmen with whom
The British have now TO deal are far
more dangerous enemies than the Sc
poys were.
They are the Paythans. or Afghans.
pure Aryans, men OF the elder race.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

be known some day how many lives,
native and foreign. the conquest of In
dia has cost.
The ameer did not want To give up his
dreadful pleasures, and he wished 10
retain the support and good will Of the
English government. To that end he
sent his son Shadzadis as a special en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

tianity in India-Brahmanism, Bud
dhism and Islamlsm. Brahmanlsm is the
strongest numerically. but the Moham-
medans form a sixth part Of the entire
population ana number over 42,00OOOO
out of a probable total of 100 900, 600 in
the world. thus making the Indian
provinces of England the greatest Mo-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

possession Of the hill tribesmen. This
time il gained headway and spread
widely before its real Importance was
grasped The amccr of Afghanistan is
largely responsible for it. II is on the
border OF that country that the trou-
BILE is.
Abdurrahman Khan is a very able
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

Justify foreign conquest and foreign
domination anywhere.
The Indian problem may be summed
UP in a feN words: Can 300 600 000 Ash
atics be governed for their own good
by a handful of Europeans who, with
the best intentions in the world, pro-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

hammedan power on earth. Queen
Victoria has more than twice as many
Moslem subjects as the sultan OF Tur-
key and has less control over them
than an Islam priest.
The first occupation Of India was by
the wonderful Aryan race, and since
that period it has been an easy field
for every invader. Its ancient history
is shrouded in mystery, but it is cer-
Evening journal., 1897-11-15
Food For Reconoentrndos.

HAVANA Nov. 15.-The Gazette pub
fishes this morning an edict of the gov
ernor general with respect to the supply
Of food to reconcentrados and the treat
ment Of those discharged as cured from
the hospitals. This edict states that it is
impossible to annul at once the edict Of
concentration, as most of those affected
by it are homeless and destitute of all
means of livelihood so that their con-
dition would be made worse by an i'm
mediate annulment. It is, therefore,
necessary, the edict declares, to pro
ceed with great care"
Those having property will be at lib
erty to return to the country districts
after obtaining permits from the local
authorities. Property owners will be at
liberty to provide themselves with the
means of defense and to use the revolv-
er and the machete to protect them
selves provided they have previously
obtained a license.
Such reconcentrados as are absolute
ly destitute will remain in the towns
under the protection of local bureaus
of charity, assisted by a state fund A
junta of assistance will be formed at
once, with branches in the principal
towns under the direction of prominent
people, and full protection will be ex-
tended to insurgents who surrender"
Evening journal., 1897-11-15
Icmnn Cnsfnrds.

Crate the thin yellow rind Of one
lemon and press out all the juice. Mix
the grated riud and juice with one cup
iul of water place over the fire and al
low to boil, then add one tablespoonful
of butter, one tablespoonful Of corn
starch wet in half a cupful Of cold
water; when It boiis again, remove
from the fire. add a tiny pinch Of salt
and allow to cool. Break two eggs into
q bowl, reserving one Of the whites Of
the eggs; beat the eggs until light, add
cne cupful Of granulated sugar and add
to the cornstarch Pour into buttered
pan and bake until the custard is firm;
about 90 minutes will be sufficient. Beat
the white OF egg TO a stiff froth with
tablespoonful Of sugar and spread this
lightly over the top of the custard and
return to tlfe oven until a delicate
brown. This custard may also be
cooked in small individual cups. Fill
the cups and set them in a pan, which
must be filed with boiling water TO
nearly reach the top OF the cups. When
the custards are baked, remove from the
pan and allow to cool. Serve with a
little grated nutmeg on top of each, or a
bit of bright ielly.-Ladies' World