RUSSIA'S ADVANCES ON INDIA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7223, 11 April 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

RUSSIA'S ADVANCES ON INDIA.

In an article on the present Anglo Russian complication the Melbourne Argua writes: — Six months ago a warning was given in the English Presa that such >\ criais was likely to occur. Tha Si. James' Gazette gave the substance of a memorandum alleged to have been prepared by "one of the most competent, most highly placed, and most trusted servants of tha Queen ia India " on the subjact of tho approaching peril. And the views expressed in this mamorandum were said to be endorsed by Sir Donald Stewart (uummandor-in-chiof of hor Majesty's forces in India), Sir Frederick Roberts (commander of the Madras force), and Sir Charles MacGregor (quartermaster general in India) — that is to say, by tho three most distinguished and important of Anglo-Indian military crh'otis — the men who have been called to the front at tho present juncture. The belief formally expressed by thesa nfficars was stated iu October last to ba that Kmsia is preparing for a grand advance upon certain objective point;), whence an invasion of India, could bo made with comparative ease, and probably ia the midst of rebellion. They averred their conviction that every movement of the Russian* in Central Asia, points to this as its final object. Thoy averred—3o we are told—that within the last three years, and more especially within the last year, those moveuaenta have been more rapid, more determinate, and more significant, The design, they asserted, is unquestionable ; the maans exist, and the opportunity has urrived. It would have surprised none of them, oven in October last, to hoar that tho movement had already begun. They expected to hear before long that it had begun. Tha calculations wero said to show that " Russia can in from 80 to 100 dayß put 95,000 regular troope into positions from which wo can hardly drive her, and from which Bho can undertake the invasion of India at her own convenience and with a fair expectation of success.1' The Indian Foreign.Oißce had definite information, according to tho St. Junes' G:izittp, that Russia had an excess force of about 60,000 men concentrated in the direction of Bokhara, Morv, and Sarakhs, and tho experts belierad that a few mouths, perhaps a faw weeks, would see a march on Herat. The auuouncement we have referred to was treated a* the time as an alarmist's scare. But the tit, J.unes' Gazette staked its reputation upon the substantial truth of its communication, and there can be no doubt now that some such warnings as those in question wero given to the Indian and the Imperial Governments, and that to a great extent they are now believed in.

—Lord Oariington, the new Governor cf New South Wales accompanied the Prince of Wales to India in 1875 as aide de camp, and had previously sac for Wyoo.-nbo in the House of Commons, in the Liboral intorest. His family seat is Wycombe Abbey, Buckinghamshire. The original name of the family waß Smith, changed, by Act of Parliament, to Carrington. There is some diaputa an to whether the name has one r or two. Lord Carrington is described as very fond of horses and high-toned socioty. There ought to be, in Australia, opportunity for a vigorous and still youug man to develop a manly bearing that will quickly make him a desirable Governor.

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