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New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
lief that he was possessed of n. fun right. Of

lief that he was possessed of ths full rights OF
citizenship IN the British Empire, which he
had come to regard birthrght: and then
he asked what Parliament thought would BE-
the impression created among the three hundred
million Iieges of King Edward In India when
they learned that these rights were denied IN
Canada. throughout South Africa and In Aus
traia. where they were either excluded alto
gether as undesirable aliens elsa subjected
police regulations Of a most huniIiating
order. such are IN India reserved for GRIM
inals.
Lord Curzon especially vehement IN his
denunciation of the treatment IN this connec-
tion which had been undergone by a number Of
honorablv discharged native soldiers. who had
served the British Crown with distinction not
only in India Itself. but also in Egypt and else
where whose breasts were covered with medals
and vet who received more consideration "
South Africa than ex-Convfcts OF course. all
this has become known throughout India by
means Of the utterly unbrfdled and unrestricted
native press. and ~ is Just a question as to
what extent the loyalty Of the native army of
two hundred and fifty thousand men has been
affected Z thereby.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
THE UNDoING OF THE SCOUT.

Ry spring The big trading store at Dalton's Post
found its business absolutely paraiyzed, and no
wonder. The packing alone of goods from the
coast this cost Jack Dalton 81 a pound
that the local price of flour that sold or
traded TO the Indians was 81 p pound. sugar and
coffee s. 81 and tea 81 All these things Chambers
was dealing gratis to say nothing of giving
nearly every Indian that called him rife that
would cost him from S-5 s1oo the post
store and fitting out each family in the district
with q complete medicine chest. II probably
resentment aroused by the loss Of this business
which led Dalton's at the post 10 send word
the sergeant major comma ndins at Pleasant
Camp that he had reason 10 believe that Cham
herss four companions had not gone off down the
river ct all bur had been murdered by Chambers
and sorne Indians. Nothing ever brought out
q sIbstan ntiate this accusation in any particular
but the story the time struck the acting ser
Eeant major sufficiently probable to warrant
Chambers's arrest. and orders 70 that effect were
sent in O q constable at Daltons Post
This constable young eT-bank clerk OF
Montreal. who had enlisted in the force with the
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
THE FLUTES OF THE FROGS.

'Tis not the notes of the horning birds through
the first warm April rain,
Or the scarlet buds and the rising green come
back to the land again.
That stir my heart from its winter sleep TO
pulse the old refrain.
But when from the miles of bubofins marsh and
the valleys steaming floor.
Shrillng keen with million flutes the ancient
springtime lore,
hear the myriad emerald frogs awake IN ths
world once more.
All day when the clouds drive overhead and the
shadows run below.
Crossing the windswept pasture lots where the
thin. red willows glow.
There's not throat in the joyous host that
does not swell and blow.
And all night long to the march OF stars the
wild, mad music thrills.
Noicing the birth of the glad, vet spring IN a
thousand stops and trills.
Till the round CLEANS through the upland
mists and climbs from the crooked hills
Lloyd Roberts. in The Smart Set
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
SAVED COMRADES LIFE.

'Jsck. old man came in steady accents from
-he 1nfrenblinE lus Of the man rho held the re-
zolver: I've got Jess than minute TO liv.-dont t
send me to hell with 2 stain of murder my
soul You know well DO that these car
rridFes are wateruroof. Come another step and I'll
shoot
For sn instant the other hesitered In that in
stz7- TIE srl-ging undercurrents the river tore
s1-av another huge mass in the bowels Of the sand
he'd and he pulled himself hack and reached a
s-she footing lust in time his con1rade, his
ts-5 set features relaxing into smile Of farewell.
sink OUT Of sight under spinning patch of yellow
foam
The fo,,ovinz dav this brief entry made in
TIE record book Of the Northwest Mounted Police
- Pleasant Camp under date of May 1e. 1905;
constable Frederick Hitler met death by drown
.rz - the ford Of the kicking Horse River while
~e-urnjng from border patrol duty at = m yes
-erdsv. The report. brought in by Constable John
r---ford reached here late to 70 on record or
9Th Immediate application has been made 10 Ser
g.z-+ Major Barlow Allan Division. for sub
s-itute the miners trouble at Porcupine making
,r,nera-i,,e the maintenance of the full quota OF
ren 81 this station.
This entry together with the incident which 1t
-scor5z reveals the two great elements which have
orsrfrad n make the mounted police of the North
nest of Canada the most efficient body or men OF
i+s kind in the world to-day. il not in history
That an occasional member of force OF thou
SAND men should not be found wanting in the lace
of one of the many emergencies that confront him
Is TOO much 10 be expected. and it is rather re-
rnarlarle coincidence that Of the most hagrant
derelictions recorded happened in a case in which
an American was concerned. This happened in the
Northwest Territory, near Daltons Post
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
Japan AND THE CRISIS IN INDIA

from end to end with strongly garrlsoneo' neaV-
v armed Muscovite stronghoids,
Now in the Anglo Russian treaty England
undertakes not only not to use Afghanistan for
the purpose of armed operations against Rus
sia but also to prevent the Ameer from taking
anv action of a hostile character against Rus
sia Moreover. Lord Curzon demonstrated that
the Anglo Russian treaty accorded all sorts Of
commercial rights in Afshanistan 70 Russia
which the Ameer until now has declined TO ac-
cord 10 any Europeans and which he even with
holds from the English in spite of the heavy
annual subsidy which the Calcutta government
has been paying him until now to assist in the
protection of the northern border of India
against Russia In short, the treaty not only
deals with Afghanistan if it we're d mere
province of the Indian Empire, instead of the
most powerful of the independent states sub
ject to the suzerainty Of Edward VII but places
the Ameer. in Z measure. at the mercy Of Rus
STA, denying him henceforth the proper
protection and safeguards against~the latter.
The Afghans are d terribly suspicious race,
cut off 10 a great extent from the outer world
and realize that until now they have been
very important pawn in the game between Rus
sia and England. Lord Curzon's construction
Of the Anglo Russian treaty has undoubtedly
appealed to them in the sense indicated above,
just he warned Parliament would be the
case and the Ameer. convinced that he has
been thrown over by England and his interests
sacrificed by her for the sake of Russian friend
ship feels that he has no further obligations to
Great Britain and must look out for himself
II is In this that must be sought the explana
tion Of the invasion of India last week by an
armed force of the Ameer's troops. Since the
Ameer will not permit resident English or
foreign mission Cabul, it Is impossible 10
know whether the Ameer actually dispatched
the troops in question or whether he merely
allowed them to undertake the raid into Brit
ish territory. One thing. however. is positive
namely that he could have prevented il If he
had wished and must therefore be held ac-
countable for the outrage
This sudden act of aggression on the part OF
Afghanistan. taken by itself, would not be of
such overwhelming Importance were il not for
the fact that in the first place IL calls into
activity the provisions of the unpopular treaty
between Japan and England. and. second.
that ii comes at moment when native discon-
tent is not only rife but acute throughout the
length and breadth OF Hindustan. Indeed for
all that is known. there may be some connection
and understanding between malcontents in
India and the Ameer Were Afghanistan alone
be much more simple. True. another invasion
OF Afghanistan and another military ocoupa-
ton of the country would be heavy drain on
the finances of the empire, and would un-
doubtedly entail heavy cost Of life and
treasure as the several previous with At
rhanistan
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

which was devised by English statesmen for
the particular purpose of protecting Afghanis-
tan from invasion by Russia and to render un-
necessary the provisions of Great Brtain's ai-
ance with Japan. has led to an invasion of india
not by Russia but by Afghanstan. and, para
doxicaIly enough, the very eventuality which
AngIo-Russian convention-namely. the armed
cooperation between England and Japan-has
been brought about thereby. In fact. It only
which treaties OF peace are almost invariably
productive of war.
Yet it cannot be said that the British gov
ernment has been taken altogether unawares IN
this matter by Afghanstan. No living English
Is more intimately acquainted with the
present Ameer and with conditions at Cabul
than Lord Curzon, who alone among the British
statesmen OF the day can boast OF having spent
a considerable time in the Afghan capital AT
the time when the Anglo Russian convention
was discussed in Parliament the former Vice
roy of India took grave exception thereto IN so
far as IL concerned Afghanistan, and having
ascertained that the Ameer had not been con-
suited about the matter and that his consent
had not been given asked intimated that the
agreement would give grave offence at Cabul
and nlperil Englands advantages and interests
in Afxhantstan Lord Curzon pointed out that
the Anslo-Russian treaty virtually abrogated
the existing arrangements and understanding
between England and Afghanistan. Thus. Eng
land had been bound by solemn obligations TO
the Anneer to defend Afghanistan If attacked by
Eussia-a very necessary pledge. since the en-
tire northern frapt5ex q; AtghApistan u unA6
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

cieverly executed shot from his automatic Then
he brought fainting policeman into the house,
bound uo his wounded hand, undressed him and put
him bed. following which he donned the 1ei-
lows scarlet tunic and yellow-striped breeches'
while his wife. who had learned cutting and fit
ting in the Presbyterian mission at Haines. marked
them out the necessary alterations 4.
When the constable awoke the next morning he
was confronted by clean-shaven, square-Jawed
fellow in a faultlessIy fitting uniform or Mount
ed Police constable who assisted him into laoeu
Harvard varsity sweater and suit of heavy
mac rkinaws The sweater one left by conf
IA Mon Of Chambers and having been worn by the
latter on numerous gala occasions had come 10 oe
looked on by the Indians as his special insignia
OF rank Leaving Scotty, still dead drunk IN the
hands Of his Indians, Chambers mounted ,he con
stables and. driving the constable on oco''S
horse him, set out for the post
Reaching his destination in the afternoon ot
The same dsv Chambers found the Indian scouts
from Pleasant Camp already arrived. Whereupoh
he nut the almost speechIess Constable in thelr
care and djspatc tched them pnsthaste. back to the
head station And not until his arrival AT Pleas
ant Camp three days later. was the unlucky CON
stable who neither spoke nor understood WORD
of C-hflkat able hold speech with any one ca
nabIe Of understanding his identity In the
mean time Chambers returned to kit-ia-Vah
ubere he lei.urely put his affairs In order pace
goodhv 70 the Indians in three-dsY pctlach
tina, consumed in one way another all Of his
remaining possessions, and "mushed OF down
the river 10 the coast
This story gained partly from Chambers
0hon, 7 CHANGED to meet some time later i'll Skag-
usv nsrtly from Jack Dalton and partly from
1,r Fraser who was stationed as surgeon az
pleasant Camp AZ this time The constable after
Srottv had finally been rounded ND and all the
facts Of the case brought out was dishonorably
dismissed from the service
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
m DEATH TRAP,
SAVES COMRADE
pPzTERT OF NORTHWEST,
MOUNTED POLICE.
Constable, Fast in Qmcksand, Holds
Com panion at Safe Distance at
ReUOICer's Point.
By +. r. Freeman,

Toward evening Of day in the late snrine of ,aa5
two men pushed their jaded horses into the shift
ing ford whore the Dalton Trail crosses the Hick
ing Horse River. Just above the point where the
latter empties into the Chilkat and marks min,
on the International boundary line hetueen .I..1,,
and British Columbia. The crossing ALWAYS dan
serous. at its worst. The river at food height
from melting SHOWS was sursng by. its foam white
surface tossing and rolling like the waters of
boiling caidron- Part OF the firm bar OF the ford
vas washed away. and in its place heaved = hot
tornIess bed Of quicksand. Halfway over one after
another the horses lost their footing and began
founderirs hepiessly in the Welding sand
The first Of the threw himself from, hie xas
lie 10 ease his struggling mount whereupon the
frightened animal released from its burden s,ra,,e
forward jerking the bride from its riders hand
lunged its way through 10 the hank and galloped
Of. The other horse swept down to = firm
hsr. where reeaininc its feet. II picked its way to
tho hank its rider still in the saddle on REGAIN
ng the trail the latter was Mortified TO behold his
companion the grim resignation OF the hopeIcSsly
doomed already showing in his face. rapidly set
ting down into the treacherous quicksands scarce
thirty feet from the bank. With whip and spur
he endeavored 10 force his horse to carry him to
the aid Of the sinking man. the animal shiv-
ering with fright refused bulge Failing in this
endeavor. the resolute fellow sprang from his sad
de and rushed down the bank and out into the
raging river bent desperate effort to save the
lie Of his unfortunate cornrade.
Al this time not sound had from the man
IN The quicksands- The icy fingers OF the river
crePt higher snd higher upon him as the sand
pulled relentlessly from below. Now the water
iapQed about his waist. and no-x. as the current
carried away body of sand somewhere below he
felt its chill line upon his chest He had struggled
while there was hope. and when hope was gone he
had ceased To struggle. He almost smiled as the
horse halked the bank. far beyond human
help he knew himself to be- hut when his COM
RAMON rushed the river and started vadins
70 his rescue. the careless look gave way 10
of concern and CONSERVATION. and he broke silence
fo- the first time
Get Of this. Jack. YOU foo1t' he shouted
above the roar Of the river: YOU can't help
hit and you'll only get stuck yourself Still the
vopid-be rescuer pressed fighting his way
through the raging : point where n
o7her ster would nave placed him. too in the grip
c< SAND devil Then Z sudden inspiration came
- the doomed man. One NJ his submerged hands
furotled for 2 moment at his holster. ~ quickly
appear above the surface with ITS nun1bns fingers
E~asping the handle Of big revolver. and the two
-1er. friends Of friendship such exists only
between those who have done and dared together
Looked into each others eyes along the blue ehlack
+,.rre IF he 5ri7pinE
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

n aroused particularly vigorous criticism ana
condemnation on the part of most of those
Rritons whose residence in the Far East has
ena bled them to realize that treaty or this
kind was of a. character to impair the prestige
of England throughout the Orient, and who re-
oar rded the union somewhat in the light of mis-
cegnation.
So pronounced has been the unpopuiar1ty soi
the treaty that in the hope of averting the pos
sihltv OF its provisions ever being called INTO
activity against Russia Sir Edward Grey last
wear concluded an agreement with the Car
,non all subjects of difference between their
two countries especially the problems relaung
70 Asia. One of the principal points made IN
favor OF this AngIo-Russian agreement In Par
lament on the platform and IN the Enghsh
nress. was that it would have the effect of rem
derinp supernuous the distasteful alliance with
Janan. since there was no longer any likelihood
Of Japanese assistance ever becoming necessary
IN resist a Russian invasion of India or of Az
ghanistan .
Lord Cromer in a remarkable speech in the
House of Lords in favor OF the Angio-hussiaii
treaty was considered to have laid his mana OH
the crux of the matter when. referring 10 the
sudden and tremendous awakening of the Orien-
+.y races as the result of the Russo Japanese
conflict he insisted that the day was coming
when England and Russia. and in fact all the
u,bite races would nnd it necessary to JOIN
hand. TO sustain the solidarity of their interests
srd to defend themselves against the azgres-
sion Of Eastern nations and against the native
d.niaJ of the rights acquired by the Western
world on the Asiatic continent.
Now. however, tais Anglo. RuSslaE 1zeAH.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
ANOTHER MUT1NY2

Fifty years ago the great rnutiny took place
which almost cost England the possession or
her great Indian dependency There are many.
entitled TO be regarded as experts upon the sub
iect of conditions in India. who are convinced
that another native insurrection, Of even
still more serious character, is at hand. and
So pronounced have become the unrest and dis
affection among the natives and so open their
hostility toward the English that in Lahore. the
canitaJ of P,1nia,Ib and IN other OF the leading
cities Of India the white people have enlisted
in the local volunteers. not as officers but as
privates among them being judges OF the SD
prere Court university professors, high govern
n7ent officials leading bankers and merchants.
all Of them impeIled thereto by a sense Of the
urgent necessity Of taking some organized means
for the protection Of their families and homes
What recurrence Of the nnisnamed nsutiny OF
half a century ago would mean can best be
gathered bv the remembrance OF tho fact that
the native population OF India exceeds 100000
noo az co-oDared with a mere handful-less
than 200 nOO-of Englishmen, who are likely TO
he overwhelmed by sheer force OF numbers Trus.
the British authorities, while admitting the AMI
mostly OF the Hndus. profess 70 be able 70
depend upon the loyalty OF the Moslems But
the latter constitute only about one-hfth OF rns
,onuIation and moreover are as likely not
10 Join in any rising. being Of the same creed
as the Ameer of Afghanistan and MS people.
In several respects any great insurrection IN
India to-day would differ from that OF nfty
wears ago Thanks to Lord Kitchener. who has
entirely reorganized the military forces and de-
fences of Hindustan. the troops are now 50 dis
posed and equipped that white regiments can
be moved from spot TO another with great
rapidity In fact, the immense development OF
the railroad and telegraph system throughout
King Edwards huge Oriental empire may bs
said to treble the efficiency Of his troops as
compared with conditions IN 1857. Moreover.
the authorities in India to-day in a measure
forewarned whereas the great muttny Of 1857
took England wholly by surprise. On the other
hand the natives to-day possess a far greater
knowledge of English and foreign affairs than
they did in the middle OF the last century, and
they possess many advantages in the way OF
military training and armament. Of Western
science and methods of organization which for
merly the English alone possessed In India.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
GERMAN NAVY In 1910
Dreodnoughts of the Kaiser,s Battle
Squadron No1r Building.

The accompanying view Of the "battls squadron.
of the kaiser's High Sea Fleet" II will be IN
1so-in less than two and a half years time from
that is-shouTd prove OF particular interest
the moment II represents the total feet of
great European rival. in commission and
sea, as 1t will then appear. including the four
German Dreadnoughts laid down last year. the
first Of which launched in the presence OF the
Kaiser himself on the sth OF this month. and named
Nassau. Together with these four giants OF the
future all OF Gerrnany's first class
ships OF the present day which will in 1910 be still
IN the forefront OF the active list available 10
form the first line of the feet. They are OF pr.r-
tica1ly equivalent types TO our own Londons ans
Majestics serving in the Channel and HONS
fleets. They Of about the age as our ships
but Of inferior gun power
There is equivalent, in the German navy. to
other and more powerful ships Of the pre-
Dreadnought type: tho eight King Edwards and
that mighty pair. the Lord Nelson and Asamem-
non. which two ships not few naval officers and
foreign critics maintain indeed forrnidabis
fighting machines the Dreadnoughts. the
present moment the Nassau has been launched Just
three weeks. and is now being completed VII
helmshaven; the second German Dreadnousht. the
Ersatz Sachsen. is building at KisL These two
of 17.1o tons. much the same Displacement
Dreadnousht has The second pair. the Ersats
Wdrtemberg and Ersatz Baden. much
larger ships Of 10 coo EACH which will he prac-
ticaly of the displacement as our Improved
Dreadroughts'' of the 6t. Vincent and CoIlinxvood
classes The German term '"Ersatz" IL may bs
mentioned. means "substtuts''-that is, the ship In
question is 20 take the place of certain antduafed
typ. OF vessel still borne on the strength Of the
fleet.
These certain OF the points Of the nrst OF
the German Dreadnoughts, the big Nassau far,
as Is known. The British secrecy about hrsk
Dreadnought has been copied az Wilhelnshaven
and improved upon She is expected carry twelve
heavy u-inch guns of exceptional power, ffty rsst
In length, and firing shells from 100 pounds 60
pounds in weight Five OF the guns at time can
fire together on each broadside. Besides. the ship
Will have twelve 6.s-tnch and eight a+tnch quick
frers. and also six torpedo tubes to discharge
pedoes OF 1875 inch diameter. tho powerful az
tant. Engines OF 600 -horsepovsr to Be put on
board TO give speed OF between ninstesn and
twenty knots. In size tho hull OF the Nassau pfl
be 42 feet in length. with beam of q feat incha
and draft of Is feet The total OF corplseann
is set down IN advance at q. $4,000. Of which sum
fS76.N0 s TO go On tbs guns and 5000 the tpr-
pedoes- One may Judge Of the "points' OF the
ether three ships. the Ersatz sachsen and tns Two
Improved Nassaus.' from what has been said OF
their prototype shtp--Graphio.