The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-12

me los zsa1fgsisnae et The coming storm
stsrken the sfragnk8 Bearing 81 the s2sr-
xfssrs n q shipwreck asioaz Ia an op@n
hat. II fha sikh soiGseyy FeT0its Br3tisa
vrwer "a India "a doomed OF that tEc-e
car Dc no possible question. Jet the d.
ufsIs - IS strerrof1s S. shey may And
the SEkh zolaleF ts rz-~rnu-r.w.
Tho sacoaa tower % strength as The
British siezsHd T. has become Ike unso
tae leaning towsr Of Pisa. Is SWAPS and
vghraseS constantly. TIE Rassp1a- Likes
BRITISH dominion snst 50 AonE as his caste
uTejlsslces are not offended, ard just 50
lenE IS re Is permitted 10 pursne exist
ence according 70 his own methods
Within tbs last tea years the British n
fcsahs IL Fndla. always eBtocratse. have
seemed g more ard mere regard the nz-
tives as beEag absolute slaves. fsven IRE
chiefs hare been treated with far less
consideration than formerly. and as a
natural resH7t fas io1w TeFsss Ra5spoot
has been stirred 20 wrath.
Every one kn1vs that the person II
long SUFFERING + the most 10 BE- dreaded
when he finally revelts. So Il is with The
Rajap0ot. he has reeoitsd- AS yet 70
offensive action has been taken BY him.
bat the 6isa1ection Is here Il = ali
through Rajapootna. L Is active IN the
PunJab. From the independent province
Of Cashmere from Nepai from Bhotaa.
which are also independent states. there
comes a Try az sympathy with the natives
OF The provinces included In the queen 5
doninians. VITA revolt within and SYM
psthy without. with. as everyone here be-
lives. the ameer Of AfEhaafStan CITING
whispered and even more substantial en-
arrangement to the rebels Is il a wonder
that the Briton IL In1is draws his family
cioser 20 him. that fhe women turn pate
ard that the IittIe children. even shfver
Il sympathy w-ifh their PARENTS alarm
IUsf a giancs a. the situation here with
which few people are familiar viii slaosy
tsy ond Der1dvent1re how helpless even
the trained British forces would be
against a ge0eral rising ~ India TIE
average OF population IA India Is - per-
sons TO the square nsile. The total num-
Der OF inhabitants OF the native states un-
der the government Of the viceroy OF In
dia IS 3, lsi.5a2 and Of these less than one
quarter Of one per cent are British or
even white people. This mass Of human
itv Is located on 20 80 square miles, over
which the British forces are scattered IN
the most desultory fashion.
The greatest source OF danger which she
British have to fear lies in the uprising
Of the Afriais. There are no trlbesmen n
all india who fight better. and few who
fish; sc we'll. Not only that. but they are
shrewd. intelligent. curing. THE British
have done one thing for the Indian ma
tive. They have taught him how TO isht
with system and the result Is that today
should this rebellion, as IL Is feared. be-
cCme general the English soldiers would
have Ia fight an enemy educated accord
ing 10 their own tactics. The very ria -
that the Afridis are using today bear the
British trade mark
Threa Beloochistan chiefs are very ac-
tive. though secretly. toward promoting
this disamection. They are the Slrdars
Mehratd3whan. Ghomeshakhls and Var
nahomed. For a long tine they have
been disaffected and the movement which
under the Mad Mailah has gained such
startling force bids fair 10 receive great
strength from their assistance. i mention
these chiefs because. coming from Beioo-
chistan. where there was little danger Of
revolt 20 be feared. their attitude is ire
nendous confirmation of the assertion
that we hear quietly made on all slues
that In believing any province OF india
csaffccted. Britain Is reckoning without
its host.
As ! stated. there are in the field today
at least 60.001 Afridls.- well armed well
rroyisioned, and capable Of executing
very rapid movements IN portions Of the
country whore the British are almost