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Show has ever seriously contemplated the possibility of another mutiny were to break out into revolt tomorrow 1 woula still contend that to lay stress upon ' so futile and doomed a movement would be to drag a red herring across an inquiry which, in all serlousrie-jS, demands Immediate and grave attention. atten-tion. For this unrest is as little a military matter as it is a religious question. It, is a political affair from one end to the other. Many a wise and kindly man would rejoice ir. ny a short and sharp military struggle, the issue could be settled at once. But the aims of tho agitators, wnicn in old day6 could no doubt have been attempted by force for the expul-) expul-) sion of the English is the undisguised goal of these men. just as It was that of the mutineers of 1S57 16, they hope, to be brought about by very different, means. this time, and tho proselytizing among Slkhs is but a small and side affair in their program. They intend that In providing for the future protection of our administration administra-tion of India. Lord Kitchener and h'.s successors shall be compelled to play rather the part of chief of police than that of a general in the field, and they know well enough that It would be a blunder of the first order It by any slip on "their part they enabled the commander-in-chief to resume his mill-1 mill-1 tary functions for their -Improvement. But this is a-mistake which the agitators agi-tators as a body are little likely to I make. Lahore Correspondence Lon-j Lon-j don Telegraph.1 THE UNREST IN INDIA. There has been a .foolish tendency In some quarters, to exaggerate, tho existing unrest in India and to represent rep-resent the dissatisfaction as having tpread dangerously among our native ' troops. The results arc now being seen practically in a certain commercial commer-cial hesitation, a reluctance on the part of merchants at home to commit themselves to extensive 'future contractu con-tractu with Indian firms. Had this been baced updn"a'triib understanding, of the nature and extent of the present pres-ent movement there would have been little or nothing to say, and certainly there would. have been very little dl-minutatlon dl-minutatlon of trade to say It about. It waa the supposed chance ot a mu-,1 tiny that discouraged trade, and it is the pniTpose of this present letter To explain the Impregnable position which our predominance in India holds today in all matters affecting op?n violence or mutiny. Not for a moment do I wishfo minimize the actual unrest un-rest But that is of a purely civil na-j na-j ture and slow moving. Years ' must ! elapse before it "can have any serious ! effect upon the trade or admlnlatra- tlon of India, even' if as is the ease, j and, as I shall describe in my next i letter the. present paitial and-hither-( to unrepresentative action of the,ex-j the,ex-j treroiet party were not from' one point of view one.ipf;", the best things that could happen .to emphasize the utter need that India and Indian industries have of English direction and administration. admin-istration. ' ' ! 1 But let us, listen. to no more tales of armed rebellion among. our. troops. It only confuses the real Issue to fcrlng this Irrelevant factor into the problem. If every native soldier who |