New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
FASTENING TROOPS TO INDIA.

-aoe and color
FASTENING TROOPS TO INDIA
india is lowering upon the brink OF another
rebellion. even more alarming than that Of half
century ago. and IN spite Of the efforts Of the
statesmen IN London 70 suppress the facts it
IS known that heavy drafts Of troops are being
shipped with al possible haste 70 reinforce the
British army IN India. and. mora significant
Eriu. that defensive posts or TO put the mat
to- more plainly, central posts OF refuge. are
being established IN various parts Of Hindustan
t1 which white women and children from the
re3ghbortng districts can be taken # necessity
arises under the protection OF as many rifles
snd guns can b. spared from field opera
lions That the organization OF these posts OF
refuge for white women and children should be
Tot only considered necessary by the white
population q India which includes a large
number Of extremely useful American mission
s-ies, with their wives and children. but that
rhe British government should countenanoe and
sssisr schemes Of this kind, demonstrates more
eloQuently than anything else the gravity Of
Vne peril
To this PERL certain people here II America
s-e contributing in 10 small degree. Devoid
O. any personal knowledge and experience in
India such has beer acquired bv American
Missionaries through prolonged residence there,
prompted Il many instances by mistaken mo
for notor1ery- they have lent themselves 10 {.
movement which they claim Is destined 70 en-
dov the natives OF India with the rights Of self
government and with civic prerogatives as com
uIere IS those enjoyed BY citizen Of the United
states But IN reality the movement 70 which
they have given their active support has for its
object The overthrow Of The British power
-1a1 Is 70 say. Of that agency which in the opin-
ION Of al white people who have visited India
of property owning natives Who have the vel
@s-e and the future Of their country al heart,
= tne sole barrier against anarchy and chaos
Z must thoroughly he understood that all the
announcement which the leaders Of the sedi-
rtonzrv movement receive from without and
also no small portion Of the money il their Cof-
@e-s. comes exclusively from the United States.
Neither Russia nor France. nor Yet Germany.
Is uleddling IN the matter. either directly or
indirectly This has been ascerrained With ab-
zoIute certainty. and should the threatened in
e7T-recrion burst into flames the secret Russian
agent who was formerly the bugbear Of every
English Official in India, and especially Of the
eo-caIled political department Of Calcutta viii
Re held wholly innocent Of all blame
BLIND To REAL CONSEQUENCES.
II IS only fair 70 add. with regard 70 the
American friends OF the seditionary agitation
in India that Tor the most part they do not
realize the consequences OF their attitude, to
which = number OF the British authorities In
FF1-sustan rom the VIceroy downward have
r.r7hIiclv called attention They are ignorant
o4 the true condition Of India and dependent
f7- their knowledge upon the information fur
rishe5 10 them by natives here who. in the
r77ise Of Swarnis professors Of the occult and
students, are IN many instances only in the
United States agents OF the insurrectonary
movement 70 obtain funds and 10 arrange for
ire shipment OF arms With characteristic
Oriental cunning they induce their American
acquaintance 10 believe that the object which
they have in view Is merely 10 obtain some
voice and share IN the government OF their na-
tive land-that is 70 say, constitutional Dreroga-
tives, such as have recently been conceded by
the Car and the Turkish Sultan, respectively,
their subjects
u IS fnconceivabIe TO the misguided pfilan-
throp5sts who LEND themselves 20 the Indian
nstionalist societies that have been formed IN
New York and in other big cities Of the United
States that any should lack civic rights
such as they themselves enjoy People barred
therecron they look upon as victims Of intol-
erable tyranny and worthy objects Of their
Thy and their financial assistance. They
DO not appreciate thar their subscriptions,
which n some instances have been very gener-
osz are being Used for purely sedit1onary pur-
poses are employed for the purchase OF arms
and are calculated 70 bring about revival Of
rhe rebellion Of half century ago. with It's
wholesale nassacres OF the white population
and the narneIess atrocities perpetraJed upon
white women and children. like those whose fate
Is coumeuaorated by the beautiful monument
AZ Cawnpore- Should there be a recurrence
Of these horrors in the near future as IS mani
.est1v feared, il would not be pleasant for
number OF philAnthrOpists in this country 70
realize z little lats IN the day that they had
contributed thereto.
Before giving any further money or encour-
srer7eut 70 the native agents IN this country
of the so-czlle6 National Volunteers" as the
l.asers Of the seditionary movement IN India
stvis their conspiracy let them either visit In
Ga themselves or else seek the advice OF those
American missionaries Of Htndustan 70 whose
excellent uork and dsYotiou eSerZ X1cerGZ II