Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-27
- \, frank @. Carpenter

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Vasn aa war in South Africa may DC '
a ana y y" one which vii lrssa, in her
ialos, a, = empire n in India, The terrible .e
losas n' I, NO years ago Is about 10
tlnin a.. = 50 the reports say, by an
y io''ss me temper Of vast masses
eh,', ' aDS Is growing more and more
q 'a ,. ~ : English rule, 1t Is believed
'''' Ne : 4 danger also from Russia
''s $50 ~. me past two generations tne
,l p.Irs have been slowly but sure, surrey
'' .,.. heir way down toward Hindo-
Va'lDs s-s s military railroad, when
flA -, from the Caspian Sea TO
" ~ "a now enables them to send
So ..,c by rail to within few hun
. w. ,,s ot the boundary Of North
the last famine the Russians
y. go great deal of money ,, to the
=" ~, Hindoos. and the English
,,,,i Il the time that this l.' was done l,I,
va, !. sooe OF creating Russian sem
W. : .-ang the East Indian people.
T,.r, DOW disaffeetion and mu. I'm
i'. ~, suarters Of Hlndostan. the
,,..,lon and the misery which
tn" from increased prices are
"a W., man England. The short crops
49, anime are charged TO English
y. ~ " ,hefe Is a sulen hatred against
I.F ss.sll.h everywhere. The hghting
~ ias been going on periodlcaiIy
80. ~ a, less for some years, ana Wiilch
~. 80. y 10 break out again at any mo-
I. with the wild tribes OF the
S 5'.s mountains, but the disaftec'
: sSI,,s in all parts OF the country,
80, regard to caste, race or re-
~ and il a combination can be ef-
80 he East Indians can undouDted-
'' ARE NE British out Of the country
IN combination. however, presup-
-. a union Of the different Indian
.g.us sects. and this Is hardly pos
=, M Mohammedans and the Hin
- hate each other aud the Hindoos
s,rsslyes are divided into countless
ass During my stay in India some
,,,r, ago | saw a large army OF ma
4. troops commanded by English offi-
~, near the city Of Delhi. AS |
wt,hed their maneuvers | asked one
Ne English colonies whether he did
! IA fear that the natives might COM
M agaInst the few officials and or
unl,e mutlny like that which
svgrht about the horrible Sepoy mas
stfs He replied
I think there is no danger now. The
Spoy massacre taught US something,
i,i We are now able to control our ma
TIE troops through their religious pre-
|tiices. There Is no place In the world
vAsre religion means so much as here.
ITts Mohammedans and Hindoos hate
|sath other. We make US regiments OF
/ both sects. We mix the different castles
among the HindoOs together IN such a
/ way that they won't combine. ! verify
|lS.ee that this Is our only safety. II
|thrs were no castles In india there
|g11i be no English here"
HOW ENGLAND RULES INDIA.
England's control Of India Is especial
Il interesting Just now from our situa-
/ W 10 the Philippines. india, you know,
: nearly half as large as the United
tuieS i Is almost an eQuilateral tri-
|ta.s, each side OF which is about as
yiie as the distance between New York
I'D Denver and IL contains about four
tines as many people as we have, or
nGe than ss00O,OO0. To control this
vsg population there are less than So
y English soldiers. or about one white
easr 10 every $500 natives. In addition
. this there about 2l2,0OO native SOL
Gen In the English army, but these
uWps are only a handful In comparl-
20 win the vast population, About
@rthlrd Of India Is governed by
liilhs, each Of which has an Independ-
'ai amy, and which all told have al
h-t $1,000 troops. which could be
sa'set against the British In case Of
va The British troops are largely
rae NJ OF Sikkhs These Indians are
leia lighters. / saw them everywhere
unveiled throughout Hindostan.
hey are tall, fine -looklng, dark
Mined men, with handsome faces,
lheh show out under great turbans
l,llped around their heads. The most
Y mem have heavy black boards, and |
VIZ 'ook much more soldierly than the
MslM themselves, many OF whom
,st lIlle caps as a part OF their uni
.ans The sikkhs form a part OF the |
olsl troops Of India, and they fight |
" uelhanls as we'll as on foot. They |
~ used by the English In all parts OF |
1lla' ana you find them acting as po-
s.rneh n the English sections OF Hong
L.e ana Shanghai. II Is the Sikkhs |
'lQ largely protect the little English |
r-..alss which are scattered over India. !
~, ..ae are sarlsons near all Of the large
80 ana the English scatter their
In '''N' VIC e"iei eeh-
me ARMY on THE MARCH.
nv. ihs railroads Of India have been
49, increased within recent years.
~, ~ v-9 now visit almost every part of !
~ pshlnsala Of Hlndostan By railroad. |
!, ~ are more than 1900 miles OF iron
!. 80 - 70 The country and roads can car
y,, so.ps 70 Quetta, slmla and to he
~, ss'Osr pass, The elephant and camel |
L, 80 , are carried IT. some cases by rail.
i A. a .a'ge part ot the travelling has TO
we upon foot The baggage Is
!. ~ " On all sorts Of beasts. and cam
~ uohkeys and bullocks, as well as
~, ", NY. are loaded down with mill
,, equipment, The army. in fact
30. w mighty caravan. which
~ : uusl mat can be seen for miles
ssrhusaVy artillery is largely drawn nv
1, ,ss1'S' one q these beasts being abie
~ ~" !, d single piece Of artillery ana
lae,, =" v .nsin being loaded with how
the LAC. hseh elephant has a native Sit
ubi,ss , ,se MS neck, who directs him
n, ~ ssy 70 20, jabbing him now and
'''n Steel prong or hook.
= I'D TRIBES OF INDIA.
,sS..' Ivy. sllle Is known OF the Indian
q. 49, sn,ch have caused the English
isr, \, trouble They are moi mike
t'r, n ~ ~ ssVages Of our new posses
I've h !, Aaallc waters. Some az them
ulr, wa va Nllds Of the HImalaya monn
p,psi, tI'l 'hsy form a part Of the vas,
b, l fn.o o. that country Of witch
Ia, t ss.,. known. met in the HIma'
hfnss s trip which I made 70
WI, .T ,t people who looked FOR en- ,h ~
Ia b Iss our American Indians. TS ,av
il,, @ srs cheek bones. copper.colo %
rs, v sra straight black haIr O'9 TSa
';a,s,' s sSs have made typical indian
rssh M s1 .l they painted their faces IN
d,ss E's same way as DO The i lnd,sn ~
lasssi ats l ] saw other peonI" She
,ls,s ma se IA. NE Chinese. and here " snS
rA.S.t,s.. With men who were "I lie e ,ha
,'ib.s We. The houses Of mos, ~ or ,h ,ne
srss ~ not bigger than dry v g ,o,e
.locs ana II" ~ We're made Of mud 1y anS