New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-01

virtually master OF the situation, not only there,
but likewise throughout the Balkans All over
Asia. as well as in India, agents, sometimes
openly avowed, and often secret. OF the Asiatic
division Of the Department Of Foreign Affairs
at St Petersburg are TO be found. and what the
Asiatic division is TO Russia the so-called For
eign and Political Department of India is TO
Great Britain, The officials in each case being
picked men, and as regards shrewdness. diplo-
matte skill and resourcefulness. worthy foemen,
in one word. of one anothers steel
1t is difficult, indeed, to determine to whom
one should award the palm. For. whereas the
Russians owing to the Oriental strain Of their
blood are adopts in the art Of political intrigue
and therefore peculiarly well qualified to under
stand Asiatic rulers and statesmen, and to meet
them on their own ground, besides deriving an
inestinabIe advantage from the assurance of
continuity of purpose on the part of their gov
/. eminent and the conviction that the policy OF
the hour is in no danger OF being reversed by
any change Of Cabinet resulting from Parlia-
mentary defeat. the English agent Of the For
eign Department at Calcutta is in a position to
inspire more respect to the native Just because
the latter is unable To understand him. The
native realizes that the English political agent
is thoroughly alive TO all his Oriental wiles and
cunning but apprecating at the same time that
there is nothing Asiatic in the character Of the
Rriton he is unable 10 comprehend the Iatter's
motives his train of thought and his manner Of
looking at things. In one word the native
taking into account the Oriental Ieanings Of the
Russian government agent, can generally form
some idea Of what the latter would be likely 10
do i'm certain eventualities. Judging him. often
wrongly. by his own standard. whereas he can
never form any conception Of what step the Eng
rshrr-an would be likely 10 take since the Anglo
saxon character is altogether beyond his under
standing
Then too officers Of the Fc-eiEn Depart
rueut at Calcutta arc men Of the highest moral
principles. whose private lives are beyond
raproach any shortcomng in this particular
terminating the cgent's usefulness IN the eyes
Of the authorities at Calcutta. Forced. as is the
conservative Of Great Britain at the courts
Of the native rulers Of India and Asia 10 live
i'm 2 moral atmosphere that according 10 West
err notions is TO say the least tainted where
corruption in every form is not merely rife. but
accented and where propriety as We understand
r. j. unknown. II Is regarded as imperative that
he should De a man Of such sterling character OF
s.,cb patent integrity and of such irreproa liable
conduct that not only should he stand entirely
hove any Of the numerous temptations by
which he is surrou H. but that he should never
oven Law himself open to the suspicion in the
4,f,4- ~ the natives Of having given way
thereto.
Y is because z md has picked men OF this
kind in her service out in India that she is able
:. ,o,d with = handful Of white officials
50 soldiers. the vast empire OF Hindostan, with
ire teeuing seething population Of more than
2oo ooaoo0 natives In some OF these native
states which are governed according to native
IDEAS bv native rulers. the English Resident IS
rsrhans one OF not more than dozen English
r,An in the municipality in question. and yet
nv means Of the respect which he inspires by his
exemption from precisely those weaknesses TO
which the Oriental Is most prone. ne is able TO
exercise the same power and the same influence
for good as II he had an army Of ccupation
composed of white soldiers under his conn and
ready to enforce his viii.
II is 70 this school 10 which the Right Hon
Sir Antony MacDonnell, Sir Steuart Bayley and
IN. lat. air Edward Give Bayley, the late Sir