New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
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the declaration by the sovereign Of a policy
which must be carried out. Great and far reach
ing as have been the benefits OF British rule IN
India, it has not yet risen 20 the full height Of
the British people, in whose name and on whose
behalf it is administered nor of the people, heirs
to an ancient civilization, for whose benefit the
great Queen asked divine help 20 administer her
rule
Important questions, such as the right to carry
arms, TO enlist as volunteers, 20 enter the COM
missioned ranks Of the army, the recognition Of
equal citizenship in British colonies, the better
administration Of justice, equitable par
ticipstion in the government of the country, still
await solution, and India has necessarily felt a.
times and heartsick; but there never has
been any desire to break away. India has def
nitely set herself to forge ahead, and to this
end to work in India as well in England By
every constitutional in her power. With
sympathetic statesmen like the Marquis Of Crewe
and Lord Hsrdinge at the head Of affairs, her
career may not be very difficult. Some people may
have imagined, the Germans among others, that
the difficult questions of Indian administration
would keep England and India part; and sthers
who realized that the pace OF British rule in
India has been too slow, too much weighted with
caution, have doubted This feeling Of doubt has
been 20 some extent accentuated by the too great
prominence that a section Of the English press
has given TO political crimes in India, forgetting
that they are attributable to an infntesima frsc-
ton Of its population. But India has never
doubted. Her heart has been wholly with British
rule the foundations Of her faith and loyalty
have been too we'll and firmly laid 20 be lightly
disturbed all that she desires is that British ruls
IN India should be compatible with the self-re.
spect of her people, growing in education, knowl.
edge and experiences that ii should develop into
rule by the people as part Of the British En-
pire, foreseen and foretod By the great
statesmen who moulded her destinies in the early
part Of the nineteenth century. And India has
been working toward this goal she realizes il
must be slow and laborious process.
Then came this great European war, sudden
and swift; all doubt, all hesitation, all questions
were swept away; there was but one feeling
stand by England in the hour Of danger The
great opportunity for India, in the highest sense
had come; she claimed TO hold an equal position
prove her title. The Indian princes are eager to
show that they are in fact, they have been in
name. pillars CT the empire; their ancestors had
fought as captains and leaders in the army OF the
Great Moghul, and they are anxious 20 occupy
their old position in the army OF Great Britain
And the people OF India, who have so thoroughly
identified themselves with the British people have
come forward more generously than ever in the
past. either in the days Of the Hindu or the
Moslem, for they had not then realized their
power to offer their services and their resources
They have through their representatives in coun-
ell voted out Of the revenues Of India the whole
cost Of the Indian expeditioFary force