The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01

in their uniforms and the soldiers II
fun dress. There are .rajahs native
princes and officers of the diplomatic
corps In court dress. and also the Ei.
ropean ladies of the court in fashion.
able gowns. 1t Is the Same at Sinla
in the Hsmalaya Mountains. where hi,
excellency holds his court in the sum.
mer.
The Ruler OF 3oo,o0o,o0O
OF all the pompous assemblase abou,
him. the Viceroy himself is the leas,
ostentatious He impresses one as a
plain, practical business man. and
dressed for the part. he might be
taken for a college professor. a Wall
Street broker. or a quiet. every day
club man. He is fine looking. and his
face shows high culture He is free
from airs. and puts every one at his
case He is about five feet eight
inches in height. and does not weigh
over $50 pounds. Although sixtx-one
years of age, he looks to be about
fifty. and is now at the top OF his
prime. He is great worker. and
thrives In this climate of India
Earl Mimic has had a long public
career. He took part in tho Afghan
campaign out here as young lieu
tenant. now over thirty years ago. He
was In the Egyptian War. which arose
out of Arab Pasha's rebellion. and
was attached to the Turkish army In
the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. He
aided in suppressing Louis Riels
Canadian rebellion in 1856. and twenty
Years after that he came back to
served six years there. and then was
made tho Kings greatest subject"
the Viceroy OF India His excellency
was married in 1888 to Mary, the
daughter of General Charles Gray. or
the British army. The Countess of
Mimic is a beautiful woman. She IS
highly accomplished and is popular
throughout India.
A Talk with the Viceroy.
During my conversation with the
viceroy I spoke OF the difference In
the governor generalship of Canada and
the vceroyalty OF india. and asked
him how he liked his present job. He
replied that what the Governor Cen
eral OF Canada accomplished had to be
done almost altogether through in
fluencing others. the Governors General
having little actual power in the ad-
of affairs. In India the
Viceroy and his council are almost SUI
preme, and they have a. world under
their control. Said Earl Mimic:
But few people appreciate the ex-
tent of our Indian empire. We have
here continent rather than n coun-
try. There are 100000. 900 people sub
ject to u.s. and they belong to many
nations and tribes They speak more
languages than Europe. and the ma
tions are as different as are those of
the European countries. Hindustan has
many religions. each with its own
customs; 1t has n vast number of
classes and castles, many of which do
not harmonize at all with the others
It is land of mighty problems and OF
some almost insolvable.''
HOW India Changes
But 1t is also land which is
rapidly changing. is 1t not?"
Yes" replied his excellency india
is changing. The people are different
now than they were five years go.
and the policies which the state has
used in the past are not
adapted to the present. In that lies
one of our great troubles I mean the
making our people at home under
stand that they have new India
a policy should be adopted because
one of the Anglo-Indians who left
here twenty or thirty years ago said
1t worked we'll In his day. and that
1t ought to work we'll now. They APP
pear to think that man. who served
India ten years ago should be able to
suggest and advise as to to-day. This
Is not so. We have here a new india
and new people. The conditions are
entirely different. and they grow more
and more so every year. Many Of the
changes have come about through the
policies which we ourselves have In
augurated We have created an edu-
Gated class, and this Is made up of
natives who are thinking for them
selves and who believe that they
should have a greater share In the
government. III the past our admins
tration was practically autocratic. We
must rule the country to-day, but wei
shall have TO adopt adopt conciliatory|
methods. We shall have to use norel
diplomacy and give the natives a
greater share in the administra ton.
This change Is the natural outgrowth|
of movements which we ourselves have
started, and think it is a change for
the better"
Tho Awakening OF india
Does this change exist among the
common people, and does 1t cover al
parts OF India?"
"The awakening of India, II you cal
1t by that name. is going on In nearlyI
every part OF the peninsula, althpush|
ttRis more pronounced in Bengal than
otherwheres. There are several Sec
ttons of the country in which the
movement Is quite active The un-
rest began previous to- the Japan-