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Show India Threatens He)oli. The news from the far east Is not encouraging to England. Tho mighty ImV empire of India Is getting ready to re- volt and before long the coast cities SHB tfc?!-d br tn Btlu,B m,T be reduced by J ( , SbvtfwhsImTnY numbers. r f i There are In Jndla JW native states "" great and small. They are governed ; by their own prlncea and chiefs with the advloe and help of Urltlsh residents, resi-dents, representing the supreme government gov-ernment of India, Some of thess rulers rul-ers administer the Interna) affaire or their respective states with almost Complete Independence. Their authority, author-ity, however, la limited by their Individual Indi-vidual treaties and engagements. The tuxeraln power does not allow them to so to war with one anothor, nor to form alliances with foreign powers, and It Intervenes In cases of bad government gov-ernment or oppression, exercising a gentral control In tho direction of peace and Contentment These feudatory feuda-tory rulers possess revenues and armies. arm-ies. The gross Income of the princes of India Is 16,000,000 (7S,OU0,00V), the sum of their tribute Is 000,000 (13,000,000 )per annum.and they maintain main-tain In all 80,000 natlvo troops In addition ad-dition to thoso they furnish for the Imperial service. Tho relations between Urltlsh and natives havo until lately been perfectly perfect-ly amicable. All aro equal beforo the law. A native can earn exactly the same wage as a Urltlsh workmsn. Ilut Inasmuch aa Europeans have a far greater capacity for work than the natives and are able to do more work In a shorter time, a consciousness of superiority sometimes produces arrogance, arro-gance, which la a fruitful source of racial disputes and probably It at the bottom of the present disturbances. ' - MOSQUE AT DENARE3-FANATICS' HEADQUARTERS. |