The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-16
SEDTTION m INDIA.
Col Grant. Retired. SAYS It's something
Military Men Beat KnaW Mueh Aboti.

tot. Grant, Actlfeus AalA " NuittSai'-A
Military Men Daa't knew aurh AbotIi.
Col. p. c. Grant, who has been COM
mander Of an Indian cavalry regiment
and who n retiring after having served
IN the British army in India Tor twenty
nine years. left for home Yesterday on the
Baltic with his wife and two daughter.
Col. G ant said yesterday that notwith-
standin,y his long life in India he knows
little more about the people there anu
what they are likely % do than would an
outsider. But. IN his opinion. the agitators
who have been trying 10 stir things up OF
late have been encouraged from Europe
which part he would not specify
4 always wanted 20 see the world.
ssid Col. Grant az the Wolcott Just before
ne left 10 board the steamer, but nave
never before had chance. When chap
Reta through service IN India his one
thought Is usually to make q bee inc i3r
home. but ! decided . BRING my Isnilly
lround this way. We went first y Ceylon
and spent fortnight there. and then %
Hongko where We put IN ten daye'
making from there a side trip - canton,
which with its six foot streets and ~
s..thblg mass u humanity, n the most
c,traordinarv plare ever Jaw IN my life.
| Nsrt We vigit a shanghai. and then went
| over 4, Kobe. Japan. and made tour u
the country before catching a steamer Tor
Il must say that think tho ticket
and baggage checking system over here
takes an awfully long time. Why IN
I Vancouver man came ao9.iu '.lo ~
/ and suqnt A whole day over u. wanted
| n chSck the most ol my luggage through
fron Vancouvor - New York. and do
Won know. Il took mo MI % one ntaht
and the whole Of the next morning -
accomplish ~
HAT N the regiment commanded
w.rs Sikhs said C1i Grant. During
NV .sryics out there I Wis only IN one
scrap Of any riz,. and this was during ne
tr5uble on tAs frontier n lhN. ! was m
/ Gghts IN the Eurran Valley ana AZ IIre4'
! but was not wounded, az least ~ We
/ enemy Nv hNrss fell On me and broke
nv leg. The campaign listed onIy isuin
ths beginning 81 the autumn un'''
/ March" -.
sHor are conditions Ia India Just now
-Do vOu moan with regard ~ sediti1n
Well d h hard q say Ihe natives az,
| C,Ist corrective lot and they won't tell
anything. You cannot find out what they
I 80 doing They ar a most peculiar
nsople and diiiic'ilt - understand.
-But thera il this about 4. The ma lority
] - IA. people. the great MAJORITY should
s,v don't care a tuppenny damn ~ e
] 30 i govern ing uhom. ~ u only the
agit1t1rs who make trouble In my
oDinior We have been thinking too much'
| Thern has been too much TAX ana TOO
/ LITTLE action. -
srbat the agit1t1rs out there have
be.n encouraged from Europe ! most
/ Certainly believe. though ] must say that
! soldiers like myself haven't much - do
with politics and don Z always know what
/ Il GONG on in that line. SINE travellers
I'D Why we don't blow tho agitators
| from our guns az In the sepoy mutiny
/ That might be- salutary, but rather mad
/ visable BIT the fact renalns that We
trv ~ civilize them and treat them with
civilized methods. but they take advantage
/ 81 ms
4 am glad % be & ting back N Eng
land. hut a man who commands regi-
ment gets attached 20 his men. and on
there / had the bcli'f that the feeling
| Nas reciprocated. sill, IT'S jolly Tine %
! b. going back home n live.