The sun., 1907-11-20

Tho Presidents Order ReminGa an Angle
Indian Of q Famous Can&PsveFsy.

Tho Prsslnemt's Order RemInda an Anglos
Indian OF a Famous CsaGrsveFsy.
To TMn EDITOR or TMR 9uN-Sir; The
present Discussion about eho motto I'm God We
Trust. reminds me Of the controversy which
took place In British India fortH-Seven years
age. when It was proposed TO place the motto
Heavens Light Our Guide" on the medal
OF the Most Exalted Order Of the Star OF
India. Up to that time there were Ave orders
OF knighthOOd with their respective notices
AZ follows: The Order Of tho Garter. Evil
Be 70 Him Who Evil Thinks: The Order OF
the Thistle. NO One AnnOys Ne With Inn
punity"; the Order Of sc. Patrick. who
Shall Separated: the Order Of st. Michael
and st. George. "A Pledge Of Better ThlnGs":
the Order OF the Bath. Three Joined in One.
IL never occurred Co any one in those days
90 establish an order OF decoration without
some motto. and the only question raised
was. Should the motto be OF a religious char
acter or not? Lord Canning. "Cbemsncy
Canning" Vioeroy and GOvernOr-General OF
India. advocated q Latin or Sanscrit motto.
but lord lawrence at that time Sir John
Lawrence. Lieutenant-0 Governor OF the Pun
jab and his friends Sir Herbert Edwards.
Sir Henry Durand and others. decided Chris
tian officials suggested a motto similar TO
the Inscription on the coin OF the American
republic. ] think II was I'm God We Trust,
but the native advisers Of the Crown main
talned that the English WORD GOd eNDreshsu
only the Christian conception OF the Supreme
Being. Allah. they said. was the MOslem's
God. and Brahma that Of the Hindus.
bitter controversy followed. II wHs then
that DR.. Duff the Scotch Presbyterian mis-
siOnary at Calcutta, suggested Heavens
The whole matter was brought before Sir
Charles Wood. as Secretary OF state for india.
and Lord Pamerston. who was Prime Minister
Of England at that time. In religious mat
ters Palmerston was guided by Lord Shaftes-
bury, the philan thrOpiet, who advocated n
RELIGIOUS motto Queen Victoria; acting on
posed to omit any reference TO the Almighty
and TO follow the secular tendency OF the ave
notices which i have quoted
India and England was aroused. 4 length;
ened discussion took place In the Friend OF
India, st that time the leading Angl0-lndan
newspaper. Eventually the motto Heavens
decoratee the breast OF Christians. HiDdus
aud MOslems. The medal. which has star
with "a motto beneath a.. suspended with "a
light blue ribbon Tlth white StPiHes; % de9STnatss nrs
tan, the Gaekwar Of BarCda !Hindu). and
the Nisam Of Hyderabad (MOeleml.
But 10 Ia to he not ed that although thcre
are two orders OF knighthOOd, the Indian
snd the Victorian orders. and. two orders Of
distinction, the DISTINGUISHED Service and
the Imperial Service. together with the Order
Of Merit and the Royal Red Cross. al estao-
| single instance has n motto Of any kind been
adopted. And besides this "Det 0ratia is
| now omitted from the rupee Of India;
ment in England Il in order to cOnciliate
| the heather Of India and secularists IN Eng
land il removed the religious motto from the
0rder, Of the star 9r India? King EdSard
| dOre" has done at the present time,
BROOKLYN, November 15. ID. d., LII. ID.