New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
WHITEHALL SHADOW
BLIGHT ON INDIA
lcTT7NBLING BLOCK TO THE
TICEROY.
Lord ninto's Resignation Another
Example Of Failure to GoUern
Empire from London.
copyright 1909. BY the Brentwood Company

,cgpyright. 1909 BY the Brentwood Company
Most Of the troubles that now disturbing
,z.,v Edwards great Oriental dependency. trou-
.,os that are source Of such grave concern
sec from The attempts that are made to GOV
"a India from London instead of from Cal
o,,tts This is new story. It has been the
-,.,n+ for nearly two hundred years of those
- n whom is intrusted the arduous task of
-,,in+aining law and order among three hundred
-,;lBon Of natives Of the most diverse creeds
--siu5ioes and nationalities that their work is
,onstantly being hampered. obstructed and null
vsss BY the authorities at home. In the days
- The old East India Company the English Off
,,sls lsboring to maintain the supremacy of the
-D-i,ish Crown in Hindustan were wont to re-
,srd Leadenhau street. where the Offices of the
s,reetors we're situated. as their chief bugbear
epcs the powers OF the company were assumed.
!. 1ssS by the Department OF India, with offices
,ooting out on St Jamess Park, the Anglo-Ind-
e, ot5ciaI has been accustomed to speak much
., +bs sane way Of the Shadow Of Whitehall.
To Put the matter briefly, the more interfer-
s,,s there is from London the more difficult it
h.coroes for the officials Of the British admin
.r.rstion in India 10 carry on their work. Con-
xsituting IS they do mere handful Of English
rasn among teenaing millions Of natives they
.-s compelled to rely upon the prestige Of their
saoe and OF their personality to obtain the sub
-sssson Of the East Indians to laws that are
,5en the reverse of popular. In fact. the whole
s,u.dation OF British supremacy in India is the
z-ex-ige Of those intrusted with the actual ad-
-,i,istration Of England's suzerainty and SOW
.-signty IN Hindustan. Anything that is cal
cplafed 70 diminish that prestige impairs the
sssstv Of England's rule there: and there is
no,hinr that is more calculated to destroy this
n-sstsee than when Whitehall overTides the
~ssxs disavows the acts and reverses the de-
eisions Of the Viceroy and of his principal min
s,s-s councillors and officials at Calcutta.
The cream Of English officialdom in H1ndustan
Is composed Of men whose families have for gen
srstiorrs been identified with the British ad-
-niuistration Of this great Oriental empire, who
have been reared amidst its associations and
-Fe in many instances have been born on Its
sol Their knowledge of the people and Of the
country. acquired partly through personal ex-
psrlenoe and partly. TOO. through family tradl-
sion &c Infinitely superior to that enjoyed by any
sscretsrv OF State for India in London, and
while the Eiceroy as q general rule is noble or
statesman who has never served in India before
assuming the duties of Governor General. he has
this advantage over any Cabinet minister at
home that he is on the spot, in immediate and
intimate touch with the natives Of high ana
low degree and surrounded by the very best
element Of those English officials who have de-
voted their lives to upholding English rule in