New-York tribune., 1909-07-07
SHIELD OF THE SAHlb
KIN o. : Indian OrderIes Protect Ham
from indian AssasS'Hs'
- ,ss Brentwood cOmpany- J


CoIonel 81 f india on THURSDAY hsI, ...a q -
soui-e ,,.-- given at the Inpei'4 ,arl-a HE
Ir4on serves to call attehllol -. :, o-ernmeat Of
-,,-,,it,- Moved by Anglo - -. which have
IiiLr 1 s-,rg +be Two hundred year -for, ~
hclAls l UU- C,.ea+ E3ritain obtained PosS7 P, f
, oriental empire until aoOu' 60 eros
o Ne- leaving aside the WloAe9 +i,- oF
- t-,,roneans during the great 1+ - ofice in
OF hui - ,,een until the advent 10 oiii0o -
1851. there nav aa,,+ Liberal administration apu
Ehei0iiu Ehei.o - ~ ord Morley Of his TaolcaIiS - -
tie @Ior - rerard TO India, comparatlNey ~" q.
p p-Ns 90 murder Of high officials ~
India IT,; Of the late Lord Mayo
1o zas slain by native cohFic' 80, :, bis
"io 1 % 4+Ie,,ent on the Andaman Isiahos III ms
s,g,,, as viceroy in 1872 the shoollHs " ~ 49,,
1-i.ero, namely Lord Lytton' oy d i~' ~ g ~
l.. ,V-e ana the attempt to poison oy iIe0Iis "a
. - rlose Colonel Phayre British hesioe'i' W W
oereo ki4ss ,ne native court of Baroda' for
-, - der or Csaekvar of that state Nas ue
ossa cannot recall any crime prior s - 80 It
toarz analogy with the one Peip4 = \
rrtursaav bv the murderer Of KIND neal 'eu -
oo,,-tlv Sir William Wylhe, VINO "aS ',;,,1
s,a men against whom it would seem III
- h~7,- "a have narbored the slightest eiiiil1'S.
Tt.a Is held So cheap by OTientaIs III 6eiIet'' ~
Nv the people OF India in particular 'ii-1t ., ~ -
,j,e security from harm enjoyed by lhe DiiNlS 7
,+s-ias both high and low, in the great h-"9'e'
dpDFlIencE
s,e5 n scr,lpIes about killing a tello" ciea'uIe
~ n the fear of the ordinary capital puisiiiiiei'
which the crime would have necessary
Nor can il be attributed 10 any aIlee'lon anu
.nz Of the natives for their EnSilsl iileas'0 -
.ra no different from other Aslauc or Africa"
SO which would infinitely prefer oppress4o'i
,vrannv exiortion and insecurity OF NE ana lioP
srty under native regime 10 a Wen oEueIsN' "
rerolent and efficient government on lIe p0'N u
my foreign power. We have striking instance
english although he owes the latter ms uhpTeo
edented prosperity and welloelng- go
The strange immunity from harm en1eEeo o4 lI1eH
English officials IN India prior 10 1906 has peeh que
IN part 10 the extraordinary prestige OF lhe "hite
-aces srl.ug the various nationaltles OF Inola' d
s+;,e thai has almost wholly vanished since the
victories of the japanese the Russians in thelr
war of five years ago It has also been due 10 tile
fact that each English dignitary OF any lilpoI 'a0e
N India is guarded BY native orderles, VINO are
responsible for the safety OF their charge 1he'e
.re ca-tsin regiments Of the native army ana Ger
--.in divisions Of the magnificent native constabu-
larry that have the privilege Of furnishing these
orderlies and the native officers and men regard Il
as point Of honor that their representative "holn
they select should successfully act as the shlelu
NJ faIs Sahib" Thesorderlies know exactly wnat Is
.rpected Of them. Tney canot be diverted from
,l,ei- duty. even by the commands Of their ward
himself no matter how lofty his rank Ihey nave
no concern in life other than absolute ndelty 70
their trust-thst is TO say the safety OF theT
charge and their quiet but incessant watchfuiness
3. ali hours, even upon the occasions when danger
seems least 10 theaten has frustrated many a
pIotted outrage the past especially outfases at
he hands Of native fanatics, crazed by religion OF
racial hatred.
II there is any truth in the stories TO the eIIec'
that Indian revolutioaists have begun, with the
murder OF Colonel Sir William Wyllie, series OF
analogous outrages against public men in England
II Hil be necessary to import from India native
orderlies for their protection Mere English de-
,ectires will be found Inadequate II needs the
brains and the wies of an Oriental TO comprehend
and match with any degree Of success the Wiles OF
The Oriental criminal
II is not as so many people seem 10 believe TOT
exclusively ornamental purposes that King Edwaro
Is attended at ali public functions throughout the
season by half a dozen Indian orderles. not mere
ron-cormssioned officers. but Indians Of birth ana
breeding holding commissions in native regiments
With the presence in England Of perhaps couple
Of thousand young Indians, a number OF whom are
Of the same type and imbued with the same spirit
as the assassin OF Colonel Wyilie II requires men
of the type Of the Indian ades-de-camp Of the
King to shield him from all danger on the part OF