RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 19, 20 June 1885, Page 2

RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

AN INDCAN. OPINION OP RUSSIA OU. ENGLAND AS RULER OP INDIA. ! '■■•the Nizam's Political Secretary has ■ piiblisheJ a loug • letter -m the Pioneer. He is a mm of wide experience, and the! expression of the judgment of a person : ;ln" His position miy be of interest. After referring to A Russian advance as no longer- a " scare " ! br a " bugbear,"'but an; actual fact,"' he continues :— v And what* is the effect of' this' advance upton- the; native States and peoples -of India ?• Dowe look upon Russia as a liberator ? No,; most emphatically no. Russian rulej means not only Imperialism, but despot-' istft. Russian rule means thY corruptionpf justice, the stifling of public opinion,', the tyranny andoppressfbn of a bureaiu cracy, and se'rVlle cbhrts of justice.. Ru»sia' miy 'fritrd^nca'coVapiirative'-civUiaa-tion m Khiva dr. -Bokhara^ Tasuch countries her rule may lniiim progress;- m India It,w.>uld iiae'an retrogression." He admits t.iat grievances exist, but protests .against the expression of them be considered a sign.of disloyalty:- He says :— „ .«iß'becau<,e the people of India have leUrht to put faith m British justice that how so many-complaints are heard. They have JearAt that the courts of justice tire J{ia|perident ;- that a British judge does HotJiesitfcte to give an award against the Government if the latter is m the wrong; thatßritisK justice is>o resp^ctor of per'sofis, an 3 giver tneloWest subject an ppI&tatfity of appealing to the Court of •.the'Ewp^ss." ■■■ . . -.-( ;•■;■■