THE SECRET MAIL IN INDIA

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7949, 25 August 1891, Page 2

THE SECRET MAIL IN INDIA

What is known as the eoere* m&4 Ij India has for more than a generationJH* : j plexed the Knglieh mlud, and Iβ sfeiJl ftp ;1 found mystery, although nuraberlee i attempts havo been made ro explain ti p. Everyone who has lived loog in*'A«l|np countries ie aware thafe the accurate sue* ledge of Important happenlnge aS * w> tance Iβ often poaeejaed by the> mtlrei * considerable time before 10 U obtsiaoaj|<. the Government, and evea ««« j facilities had beou provided for the up» g mission of" the news. v I This waa frequently and conepiCOW I illustrated throughout the Sepoy reDS | lion. Hupponingfj occurring bundre4e« i milea »way were known v m ? bazaare houra and awnotiowi W* Wg the news reached the authorities, aoai» \ information obtained was regarded e» r. trustworthy that the lmtlves upoo It,-even to the fall.4xte9t.9fff* \ fortunes. Indeed, upon one occaslsawe . secret mail bead the Government by fully twelve houre, although em t « beeo ma 4e f to secure W { swiftest despatch; ■ ..j-mi. I The secret mail ie certainly an»"««« |- able reality, and no Westerner b«* tW | one hae ever eeen the *l K nall«*e,* JJJjJ s no doubt that some meane of MWfSLi cation must be at the eowewdeltjr natives more rapid than Bcbbb» w| ; . runners, -. ': ] j *'.. I