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Show I TROUBLE IN INDIA I I r yf-jg--wjtS I Lord Elgin, secretary of stato of tho colonies, i mr'-;xVA B nccused by tho British press of being respon- yJaVv'vV slblo for tho latest formont In tho Transvaal by IW fei' " A allowing tho colonlnl loglslaturo to treat British mLjf Indians ns criminals and Bond them to Jail if they iCHy H rofllso t0 register their finger prints and other I W 5z? marks of Identification. Many of tho proud-spirit- WCLw ed high casto Indians hnvo gone to Jail rathor Mr hi t V li tlmn sul,nit to such an Indignity, and In a fow r AXX dnyfl their "martyrdom" will bo known all over l!l!Tf ' sv fJX JllBt ns 1,10 stories sent homo by Indian resl-KN) resl-KN) v i'''y ilonts of tho Transvaal boforo tho Boor war of jJSi Jl) Jw f 11,0 PowerIc8BneB8 of tho British thoro brought LK. N-H V ' 4 on BOVOln'' uprisings and two rather sorlous wars ' i XVV r ) . , ' I on tho northwest frontlor, so tho story of tho ' ' treatment of theso Indians now may bo tho causo ot still moro sorlous troubles. Lord Elgin la said to havo explained that he was forced to consent to tho registration law of tho Transvaal on threat or a robelllon, but if he ylolded to such a threat ho shows hlmsolf to bo a much woaker man than ho was ton years ago whon ho was viceroy of India. Tho frontlor was thon In a disturbed state and tho Afghans, stirred up by Russia, wero committing outrages. Lord Elgin took upon hlmBolf the responsibility of sending an army to bring tho dlsturbors to terms, which ho did In short order, i , Lord Elgin, although a Scotch nobleman and a descendant of an undo of King Robort the Bruco, was born at Monklands near Montreal, while his fathor was governor general of Canada. Tho latter died in Canada when the present Lord Elgin was a lad of 14. The family had been in the British diplomats dip-lomats service Tor generations, and tho noma was known J1 ovar ttat o.it. I |