RUSSIA

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 11 September 1858, Page 3

RUSSIA

The following very remarkable article on the Indian rebellion is translated from the Russian official army paper, the 'Invalide':— The military success of the English in India, and the -to all probability—very speedy suppression of the terrible insurrection, must fill with joy every well-meaning and impartial citizen. Prom the very beginning of these deplorable events, we have o-it<Ti.ained the persuasion that the well-discipli.K a English army will tread under its feet the rabble of insurrectionists. In spite of the unfounded, not to say impudent, slutemcut.s preferred by certain English

journals against the good intentions of Russia 1 in the Indian question, -we have been the steady well-wisher of England in this difficult crisfs j which has befallen her. Malice is no character- ! istic of the Russian nature. The Russian, on the contrary, is ever ready to shake hands even with an enemy if he sees him in distress. From the depth of our heart we sympathise with the triumph of the British, arms, seeing it the triumph of civilization over barbarism, another testimony to the truth, that Christian Europe should be, as she has ever been, victorious in her longeval combat against Asia. Every justice ought to be rendered to the military talents of the generals, as well as to the gallantry, firmness, and perseverance of the English troops in the midst of almost insurmountable difficulties. .Some mishaps, in the outset, did not weaken their energy. All grades in the army, from the general officer down to the rank and file, connected by the common feeling of duty, opposed their enemy in the unshaken persuasion that, soon or later, the Indian would have to give way to the Briton.' Oude has been conquered. New difficulties are rising before the English, but they will be overcome. We congratulate England on her success, and we do not withhold our assent to the satisfaction generally expressed at the happy fact of England's having been at peace with the powers of Europe during her exertions to subdue the sepoys. There is nothing hut bare truth in this feeling.