New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20

stop and speak to tina, Brahmln VINO had M,
his leg? Surely, if you speak 10 q Brahmin VIE,
you are setting out on any aTs.r you came
Q, pect 20 prosper"
The efficiency Of Indian troops Do European "a,
fare Is scarcely 70 be doubted. 1t must be bOr,,
IT mind, first, that they are al. natural warren
Next We must remember that 10 this natural !,
clination there has been added thorough tan,,
b. the best European masters. England \.
for years been sending her a5lcst army okesr
+, Iroia, 70 be the drilImasters Of the hght,,
trb es, and she has also sent her best EnglS
regiments to be patterns and examples to Il.
natives. Finally, it is to be borne in mind ai |
every one Of these native tribes has had eSp
riencc in fighting the British themselves al. '
that has made them ali bold to ight any Euro
beans. 1t has in fact been iugrained into thea
that one of these days they would be expects
10 fight Europeans. The reference was Of eours,
to the repelling Of an attack by Russia ups
the Indian border But the readiness to hgi |
one European nation may readily be extended !,
apply to fighting any other nation.
THEY ARE READY TO FIGHT DESPITE The
CANADIAN INCIDENT.
There are those who have wondered VIA |
would be the attitude Of the Indians in this var
seeing that only 4 little while ago many Of Thea '
were refused entrance into Canada, and the |
we're given to understand that they were -uhds I
srable immigrants" in many parts Of the Bnhs
Empire. What would they say to being ssss |
to fight for the empire in which they were a' |
treated? The answer is unmistakable. The IA '
cident at Vancouver counts for no more hi |
does the "civil war" in Ulster Before the ueaso |
of external foes, domestic dissensons are Tor |
gotten, or are laid aside.
A similar answer has been given to the insiis |
ments to "holy war" It is said that Gernah
agents have been busy trying TO stir up snsA' '
Indian mutiny against the British. and that IL |
German efforts to get Turkey to join in the Eu' |
pesn strife have been inspired by the nope IA |
the Sultan might thus be Ted 20 declare "Ae5
war" which would cause the Indians to revolt |
Such hopes, if they are cherished, are VAN; 70 |
Al least three reasons One is that the Sheit'Sl |
Islam would never sanction and the Caliph Eous .
never proclaim "holy war" a war OF sggss |
sion in aid of an "nGdei" power, as, Of eouf's |
Germany is regarded. 1t would be stultfymg
wage holy war; in behalf Of the GiaOuE 40 |
other is that a Mahometan holy war Essa
not call out the Hindus and S.khs and other no. |
Mahometan peoples. who form the majority
Indians A third is that the use OF Indian iF'sp '
in European war 50 strongly appeals " |
raciai pride and the martial spirit Of a' '
Indians that they would listen to no suggeshs' '
against it.
AN APPEAL TO PRIDE AND LOfhii
WARRIOR TRIBES.
Nothing that has happened IN the last nan 90
fury could 90 powerfully appeal 70 the pfi0' -
the loyalty Of the warrior tribes Of lnda v"
They are having chance &c night 10 thel' a'''-
desire, against the worthIest foe that ihey q"
ever encountered. They are made lnternau'''4
the peers Of he British themselves Ih9 :"
intrusted with the defence Of the empire ="
realms of their own Kaiser-l-Hnd' WIZ
crowned az Delhi Nothing could more su0''y
confirm their loyalty than that. As su0Is'I
the Mogul Emperors, they fought otner n.
and Asian peoples. As subjects OF the Eng
Emperor they tight the great powers Of ba''I
ror jeopardize. lii
There are some other alien troops ehgat"
the war in Western Europe. France IS unO'is =,
to have brought forward some regiments
Algerian tiraileurs tsharpshooters OF
ersl who are commonly bu' ncouectly' NV -.
Turcos. and also Of the so-called spans a
are native Algerans, and are not Iu
since there arc now practically no i"
that country. The great majority Of w'-
Berbers including Kabyles, Tuaregs, asI's
others; and there are some Arabs ana aisO = m
the latter being of mixed blood. All W. ,,,s
of course, Mahometans, though ohiy x
preserve that faith in anything IKE J" ~
There is also certain element OF 's'T -
are descendants of those who were df''s n.
ward from Cyrenaca in the reign Of ~ -.
peror Hadrian, and also OF others WV
Italy in the Middle Ages. They are ." s.,s<e
completely Africanized as the ARABS Is
and one o. their chief festivals every 's,-.,rs
Jubilee celebration of the defeat OF INC :. tM
Charles VS. attempt to conquer AlgenS -
A: that time the Mshometan rulers 80.
tectors of the Jews against the opp's - s,ss
the Christian powers, and espeei'"y rs
SO that the victory Of the Mah'ms'
victory for the Jews. ,,tb,g
The Spahs, who are eavalrymen' 81 ,,.ss
the most famous Of all the native AiEe" =, -
and they compare favoraby with aimV' =. -
airy in the world. Their name sp'H9 So
traction of the Persian and Hindu w" -
meaning simply soldier. The sS%s So
India has been contracted into the iaH' -. =
so that the British leyies from hih". 4, -
the French levies from Algeria ps.i IN .
appropriate designstiOn--for surely "
any men in the world who deserve ~.
as soldiers and nothing else they S'
ing races Of India and Africa