The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-04
WILL ENGLAND RETAIN TNDsAv
REV. mr.. Hughes Gives Reasons for Beiie,.
ting she WIN.

interesting question prCpounded IN the f.St
instance by Mr. Townsend. VIII England
retain lndla''
l und'rrtlnd that Mr. Townsend. like
myself, has reside In India many years.
ana ! afsume that he speaks the languages
of the natives md has been brought In close
touch WITH their thought, and feelings
hut ] am not 70 I'iie ast1uished 10 find thnt
Mr. Townsend pf"'lict- that within nifty
years tho natives ~ India will NJ I'll the
higher positions 90 the Government ser yice
% tho exclusion n the English ruler
Tho statement b. astonishing. because
suoh a thing h. never for a moment con
templated hy the 'on~.rvatiye admlni=tra-
ttcn Of Great Eutnin Every now and then.
a. IN tho case - tho Liberal administrator
Of Mr. Gladstone In Inglsnd. and that Of
tho Marquis q Rip"n in british India. efforts
seem to have been made in this direction
But 4 man must be very ignorant. indeed.
Of tho political conditions ~ tho country
who supposes Tor a moment that Great
Britain Intends a. intrlst th" rule % India
10 the native II India
This - evident In tho civil administration
OF the country. but II b. prominently so
In tho military organization Tor instance.
befor" th" Mutuy 81 1856 - most ~ the
forts IN the country v,f" occupied by native
troops under the UuIu of British officers,
and n large proportion Il the artillery was
manned By native guuurrs But now there
Il not a single fort defended 10y cannon
which is IN tho hands Of the nat yes. and. with
the exception NJ q few m~ountsin-train bat
tefies on tho frontier. the artillery - entirely
manned by Brti-hcrs Ev~n tho great
canLonmert VI tho M1h1taish ~ Gvalior
l. overaWed by the guns Of tho British In
that historic fort
The civil Gdmiuistra'ion - India l. made
w ~ covensrt-d and uncoyenOrted officers
The uncovcnantei service - largely open
o. natives But the 'uveuanted service
H. entered by an examination which In many
respects exceeds the requirements ~ n first
,Is- 90 either u tho English universities
BESIDES tits. tie physical eNaWination II
- searching Hst I. sNDlugH many u the natives
~ lndis. especially TIE ieugal--e
Reside. tbs, tie" natives II India will not
as "A rulc iGtryst thor criminal aud civil cases
O. "a uUts" Judge n tler an possibly help
u lufIrs my twenty years r'sidono" many
hundred, 81 requests Wet" ssut 10 the ~
/ order g. gel criminal and CNil cases trans
ferrcd e. knsii'h JUDGES
| of a century H.. British inquest 81 India
vii J." quickly urd'ue. aud the railways
| vii hc torn ~. The universities secuted
| by military rulers, and ~" p"pulatt0n will
decline" IL about a. absurd A. " we're -
assert that iu tn" ,,ui~" ~ a century tho
/ c"lprcd population @ America Mould dom
mate tho South. aud a negro would occupy
the Presidential chair
Tho question hus u'ton been put 10 me
How h. 10 that 7..WO british troops hold
India. vt4 it, mpfiaI population # very
nearly three hundred millions q hatives'..
ihH, reply Is ,nat ne 9Htiohslit,es o
| religion Thcte II absolutely no point 81
concord betv zen IN. Hindu and the MOslen,
while the great wArlike nation II the Sans
81 the Punilb ate out'H-tS among tho
Hlndus and Infinitely prefer English r."
e. nauy" ru.r aud q" little Oourkha
drspi--- both Hindu aud Mo-lem
An analogy j. drawn b,tN .-n tho Roman
occupation IT Britain and the English oCcupa-
t"u 81 India ava u Is suggested thai ~
India thsy would leave no more impression
On tho country than the Romans did upon
fhis statement is astonishins' In the
first place the E,mau- cnrr,i~ed no influence
upon IA" English hugusg" wAile IN India
the terms employed ~ a." courts. u, tie
market place. and ~ the home. have been
impregnntcd with English to n very large
The railways. tie only things which we
have built, VII b" torn w Doe, Mr. Town
send seriously m"ln th,.' Has he ever
- Ergli4h 10 1ll ~ h"putv' Has he the
slightest conception 81 the "normous canal
system which iut"r,",ts India iu all direc,
,h~ mssn'Grent Hhif .ts"s. Vhirh span the
rivers Il lidiG In ~" tearing up ~ the. rail
Ways Does he attempt to Conpare for :
| moment tho Uaguilt ont buildings erected
| by the English IA Calcutta. Bombay, Madras.
Agra and Lahore with The ruined, csstellh
| - IN" Romans IN N'rng'lif" hhd North
II England evscunt"i India Tomorrow
tNf MnNll ltAN" . AffN lNIA' lIhIil NLNN VI
/ the population lu boots aud pSntloons.
snd speaking the lnsli,h tongue, and struct.
NE throughout tue length, and breadth 81
| ~" country which would be abiding eyidences
| 81 th" British occupation - a little more
than a century
hs widest right Il h. '%siustIop. could con
ceive - the evacuation q India by tho
British IN the course ~ the present century
That Great Britain may - India IN The
course u three or four centuries IL within
the range Of possit .tty But TINS vii NOT
be brought about 10y the throwing open OF
tho gates 81 the civil service To- natives
IL can only be effected by the c.ayorsion
q th" country either To Christianity. 90 ~
Noh.uuuNitnism MI Townsend helivc.
that the conversion Of india TO Christianity
n an tuposslbAIfy. Well, ~ dId ~" CON
version OF the Roman Empire appear TO be
an impos4ihilitv when Paul preached 81
Athens l4f q anne { pass
But | would say That | think that there
o, I iHj 'TtTdy Il rf iaa,mamacoiisa I n, 81 ''G SS% y'I y-Sq
a very laIg. humber Of Hudgs are con-
verted' TO ISLAM The polysamy Of, Islam
social barriers ui the rel gion are far less
formidable than those u Christianity. and |
hellsy" t.atin TIE event Of any great revival
OF Islam throughout the world the stability
OF the British Empir" Ia India may b" shaken
10 the very foundation some great Nc
or a S,Ish-ud,decn salad! Appeared on
the sraue ~" seventy millions OF Mosleus
In India would soon be doubled The con
version of me ~.hh- 10 lsism would be a
hartt'a- pf Boirh1v would -oou rally round
tie standard II the ~,1T4unror ~ 10 tho
p-e.eut tiH. tho N~puuWr~dtu popula ton
fas not awaited Itself 10 the openings iu civil
nUuotntmerfz or IN the granting Of direct
commissions in the army And the reason
f. simply tbs That tho MphanW edan
rorards tlN British occupation 81 India AZ
ONLY q prelude t. Mo~iem rIle The Hindu,
aud ally ~" Beng ice Hindu, will tell
ION that tho British occupation 81 India viii
last Tor c.rfuf go Hut no Mo~lem viii admit
,iis Tho Mu-len looks Tor ward 10 tile con.
-.MI. ~ a.. IwaIal. o. IsI.HF .nI ..l.V
FRIDAY az tie MONDAY prayer Oilers s%unplicn-
ton TO tho Almighty FOR THIS eud Grant,
q Lord. the universal dominion ~ Islam.
f. 4 prayer which asccuds from every mosque
iu India at least once 4 weak
This ~ the threatened danger 20 India
A matters row stand. tho British occupa-
ton Of India ~ secure II ~ true that II "
threatened from time 20 time bv ruinprs
Of Russian Hggr"-sion. but Tits only inter IL
nes the Go~ir" Of the natives " lids 10 stand
hy Hritisl rul" Tho t"rrors ~ Russian con-
Cu"s' In Iurkestan ara well known through
ont Ida
do not consider -the idea ~ ths Euror~an
tranquility guiding and perf"c'iug the A-latlC
uttIl tho wHrs' qualities haNH gone out OF
him q no '". Tat 400 uN dream
Tho tfGHvuCN of European civil sation
On the '.i.tr has ALREADY hoan soon iu lapan
such F0U"'~e- are also possible In India
HNf = "I-' h" remembered Nat India ~ q
co.. ii'"'' - s"p1rlt" r~BtI0laltios The
Ho.-n'" % n Calcutta 'as absolutely nothing
i0 COMMON With tho Afrhau ~ peshavur