The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
the plague will continue It's rayases for the

the plague will continue its ravaees for the
intervening period,
1T will take at least -four good years 10 repair
the diSastors ~ the last three years Ihr'Ntfaor-
binary expenditure since 1907 already amounts
up to the startling figure Of EiO.Oplupl ~t'rIhs
A commission has been appointed 10 inquire
into the origin OF the famine. with 'h" particular
object Of discovering whether h vas not que
to the maladministratiOn Of The Native states
II Is we'll to bear in mind that taxation III tue
Native States j. less than in those directly nhucr
the control Of the English Government.
There ran be no doubt ~ 20 IN" growth
uf an auti-Euglish feeling among the natives
of India. The authorities hav" don" their best
10 hush M all news OF the disasters To BRUSH
arms In South africa. but enough has Uttered
into the press 10 cnlightcn the natives thereon
\ belief is growing up that England iSa "enk"r
Power than was generally SUPPOSED ana TINS
may lead 10 a very dangerous situation, "s'
p%ecilIly II taken NJ by the malcohtrhlN' VINO
are very numerous.
The withdraw ng Of both white and native
troops Tor service in South Africa and China
has been very ~clryrrly turned to account ~
evidence Of Euglaud'- weakness The authors
tie, are fully alive 10 the situation and have
rrdpuulrd their vigilance IN cuu-euuenc"
Ri" deposition Of the Raiah Of Bharatpore
has also caused dissatisfaction Tia" Mahafa-
iah OF patiala. who l. ON" of the most fugllsll-
minded of th" m"diHtl/"d Princes, has also
fallen iouI of III" authorities, aud h. thr"ai"n"d
with an int"rdict and tn" -"qu"strdtion ~
his treasures. tn" Princes are. moreover. BIT
tnrlv iuc"n-nd by the circular against nom
residence. which Il looked upon ~ most hui
initiating 10 their sovereign dignity, and II
is whispered that IN" real motiya for III" cir
cular was that M" Princes who travelled abroad
learned too much and became thereby dan
gnruu-.
~ is freely pointed out that IA" tim" chosen
hv Lord CurIou for his circular i past when
III" English pr"ss j, beating drum and clash
ing cymbul 10 proclaim M" loyalty OF IA" semi
ind"p"ni"ut Princes and l. daily recording
their muuiic"nt ofIar- Of assi-tuno" in Eng
nnd- hour of need. This IS declared not 10
b" th" mom"nt for preventing III" Princes
from coming To- EUROPE, as oth"rwIa" It proves
cuurlI-iyaIy that IN" authorities do not plaC"
much b"li"l in their rrut"-tatiou~ OF loyalty.
1T j. quito evident that the military forces
cannot be any further reduced, 10000 white
and 2i,Ool native troops having already been
taken ont Of the country the whites for South
Africa and the native, for China. II may b"
well TO not" that the garri-ons On the north
western frontier have not been weakened,
but that the advance posts in Gilglt. thitral,
Ba ioor. the swat country and the Nrridi Ter
ritory with tho rxcrutior of the Klyber Pass,
hays be.p called in or reduced 10 the lowest
number.
This +. really n very wise and prudent step,
for H.. trihe. mr.. ,ra.Iy nyliing among theme
selves and the British would he compelled,
were they in any force. to take one side or the
other. White troops have not been With
drawn from IN. large towns ON the Indus and
Garpas THIS /. accounted for by the temper
of the reprlr At Cavupurr on Aug Il a
..rinu. riot broke ont and "a conflict ensued
between the propIr and the troops. The reason
WAS that the men Who had taken part in the
rim. nf March vor. condemned 10 death. and
the uopulacr sought to lberute the twenty
pri.np.rs an their WAY back from the Court
II,n., =, th, IaI. The troop. sent abroad
huye hr,u chiefly withdrawn from the inn
mediate uaighborhood of Bombay, Calcutta
and Madras
"Ihara il however. small danger of British
dominion being Threatened bv Internal sodition:
mi. would only become. maulcipg were Russia
ar ,fghnni,taut Ia intervene. Anout,id" attack
load to a concentration of the elements within