Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
ENGLAND FEARS REVOLT IN INDIA

1t was Carlyle who asked: "win you
give up your Indian empire. your Shake
speare. your Engfish?" And
Cariyie's the question Is being asked
Question. at the present moment BY
many in England and India
who fear a repetition Of the revolt of 1851
or the troubles of 1897. Sir John Strachey
in an address to the students OF Cam
bridge as far back a. 1884 cited the numer-
Gus germs Of hatred and revolt. scarcely
yelled by the noisy demonstrations OF 10Y
atty and devotion" In 1897 q native mem
Der of the legislative council Of Bombay
was compromised in an affair Of seditious
publication. The Hindus Of Oudh and the
Mahrattas Of Bombay were aroused, the
Resident Of Poona was assassinated' anu
the Afridis rushed to arms.
The disorders in India In 1905-19O6 are
reported as Infinitely more serious. The
direction Of the movement appears CEN
tralized. the action more diverse and more
methodical.
The advent of the liberal secretary Of
state for India, Mr.. John Morley. is va
riously appreciated by the optimist ana
the pessimist Sir Charles Crosthwaite has
written an article in Blackwood,s Maya
zine for September, entitled 1.-THE New
Spirit in India" The author declares that
mt. M0floYS eXpOSlIlOfl VI luSWdii aAiA1AhSSc
is one OF the best pronouncements on In
dian affairs" and he cites him as saying:
1T do believe-I have believed long De.
fore I had anything to do with government
Of India-that of all the subjects that en-
gage our attention-for example. education,
taxation, foreign relations the army, cno
feet, North Africa and South Afrfca-not
one Of them exceeds in moment or I'M
portance to this country the wisdom or un-
wisdom Of the policy to be pursued In
India. .
'"The government of India IL in thorough
sympathy with the necessities OF the Gay
and the hour"
Now, what are those necessities2 asks
the author Of the article In Biackwooo.
They are, 80 far as can be gathered, ing
ambitions and desires Of the educated
classes in India, perfectly legitimate and
natural ambitions; but 1t does not foiiow
that 1t is either expedient or necessary to
crafty them at once. We are told tina.
there is a new spirit abroad IN inoia- ~, ~
it is undoubtedly more active and wider IN
its influence. The number OF men educated
in the schools and colleges and OF those
who visit Europe to complete their educa-
tion Is Increasing It is not in the nature
Of things that all classes OF Indians shoulo
be content to be excluded from powerfu
class In the government of their country.
I doubt If there are many in the Indian
civil service or the Indian army who have
not been aware for long time past that
some Indians, chiefly the educated classes,
are discontinued with their position"
A year ago The Star contained an article
on '-The Boycott In Bengal" In which it
was shown that the reor-
Bengal ganizatfon Of Bengal had
Bovcott. provoked violent agitation
between the Hindus and Mo-
hammedans Of Bengal and Bombay, ana IN
which the former manifested a very hostile
spirit to foreigners and foreign manurac-
lures. The Swadeshi movement was the
immediate cause of the manifestation. Ihe
Swadeshi was an effort to stimulate Indlan
production and the boycott of foreign ran
RIGS, that Bombay might finally become
Independent of Manchester.
The government Of eastern Bengal ana
Assam. established In October, ISOo. as as
nroposed now contains population or
| so 600 600, Of whom 60 per cent are Mon2m-
medans and IS per cent are Hindus me
Mohammedan, population under the o4o
regime had been entirely th ,n T,ndu. air
Bamfylde Fuller, when appointed iieuten-
ant governor. stated that ne woufo treai
the Mohammedans henceforth with special
consideration and square dear IN the
| matter Of the Offices The Hindus were
incensed at this departure and made war
upon Sir Bamfyide, with the result that ne
resigned His resignation, only recehtiy &C
| cepted, has created much comment, and the
| correspondent Of the National Review, m
india declares that the government has
made one of the worst blunders since the
time Of the nutiny."
Of the new province, are greatly incensed
at the success of the agitators at Calcutta,
and they have met and passed resolutions
crfticisinR the action OF the government.
The editor of the National Review declares:
"It would be we'll for moderate men to turn
| to the Dacca resolution and ponder over
the solemn warning, for II ever Mohamme-
dan opinion ceases merely to smolder ana
| suddenly blazes up it generally produces
some very astounding flames"
The correspondent regards the situation
| as very grave, even II childish, but a sit
uation which cannot be played with and
which may easily spread and become I'M
manageable"
OF hate years many causes have conspired
| to arouse a general interest In India. There
was plague pestilence and famine In 1886
1891. attracting medical and sanitary ex-
perts Politicians rather than geographers
| looked on while the expedition to Thibet
lifted the veil which had hidden Lhassa for
SO many years.
X
In August, 1898, Mr. George Curzon, then
under secretary of state for foreign affairs,
was appointed to succeed
Curzon's Lord E. gin as viceroy and
observation-disclosures general Of India.
and In November Of that
year the viceroy was gazetted Lord Curzon
Of Kedleston. in the peerage of Ireland. In
December he left for India and assumed
direction of his post January 6, 1888.
In q speech at Calcutta February Is, 1902.
Lord Curzon said: 1--WE are ordained to
walk here in the same track together for
many a long day to come. You cannot do
without u.s. We should be impotent without
you. Let the Englishman and the Indian
accept the conservation Of union that is
30 mysterious as to have In It something OF
the divine. and let our common idea! be q
united country and a happier people"
Lord Curzon is the most refined type OF
the British official. His extraordinary activ-
fty in India commanded attention. Scholar,
dialectitian, his superiority over Lord
Kitchener in the polemic concerning the
military administration of India was appar-
ent; his speeches recently published mark
him as a man of distinguished ability.
Lord Curzon's remark that the union OF
the Englishman and the Indian lis SO mys-
terious as to have In it something divine"
is not a fact but fancy. a mere figure Of
rhetoric. The reader. as the writer. can
scarcely imagine the proud Mohammedan
trained at Algarh, or the chiefs of ancient
lineage at Rajasthan, subscribing to Lord
Curxon's suggestion. And yet the Moham-