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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-23, Page 37HE !!':!. iNY141B t 74. ,8 :,4T. i • BY G. MacLEOD ROSS funeral pyre and subsequently married her. But such memorials are cold and inscrutable; just as matter of fact as the plaque which memorialises the .Great Storm* on the Great `Lakes of ' 1913;. or .the brass , plate in St. Foul's, Calcutta, . wich simply records: "To the memory of five British Officials murdered at Manipur. 24/3/1891." 'But there is one tablet which goes some way to recreate the Circumstances. It is to two young British officials of the 'John Company' sent in 1848 "to relieve ' the Dewan of Moulton of his fortressand, authority."' `.It appears the Dewan had other ideas, fors like the naughty dog (*1.), he defended himself when attacked, At any rate the two were "barbarously murdered under the walls of Moultan, after being treacherously 'deserted by their - Sikh escort." The tablet reads, on: "Hagd in •hand they calmly awaited their assailants, foretelling the day, when thousands of Englishmen should come to avenge their . death. History records the prediction was .fulfilled. The -annexation of the Punjab to the British Empire was the result of the war of which their assassination was the commencement." These words; written by Macauley, are undeniably more descriptive, a century iater,....than .bare factual statements. The East India Oompany ceased as such .in.1,858, largely because of the Mutiny. On the one hand the Indian Civil Service emerged; on the other the Indian Army. Over the ensuingyears of the 19th Century, the youth of Britain was presented with an GODERTCH SIONNA,,,STAlt,TOMR,PA f' The flatterers, the belittlers, the covetous, .even the traitors of a world society, not to Mention the Sons of Britain herself all these look back qn Britain's' accompulishrnents_ '' through differently coloured - filters.° Some few . of her .roils still remaink who, for a few fleeting years, saw her at her zenith, little thinking they would- so •. soon be' called to pledge 'their lives. In the ensuing period between the Wars there came those who vast wisdom induced them to swear .they would never bear arms for King and Country. Yet these latter, when Hitler challenged, went forth and fought like hell. • Between ` them all, these successive generations saw different phases of the cycle which evolved over 75 years. There are some still with us who saw the whole pageant. There are others vt�'ho saw none at all. Perhaps because of this enforced blindness there arises that very human d`eSire . to set up memorials for posterity in the vain hope of fixing something of .the circumstances which inspired so much purpose, ' yet so little plan; so much devotion; so little love. Thus it is with India, where yesterday the ,mimicry was .Mogul; where tomorrow it might. :be _Chirfese and where -today, though waning, itis still English.— Some of the history of India • over the past two centuries is' enshrined-- in--tablas---and bronze- plate's in churches; in records in vestries and on gravestones scattered - all over that vast continent, yet . all these speak only of the moment. They give no hint of the' grand design, still less of the emotions aroused. Few record the successes, the setbacks, or the failures of the heritage which was bequeathed to the People of that Country, resultant on this association. Thus it• may well be that in • St. Mary's Church in Madras, before the very altar at which Clive of India was married, you will hear the 'supplication: "And we especially pray that You will send us again a Minister of our own confession, who will stay ainong us." There too you will read . - of John Maubert, a diamond merchant • who, 'in 172.; 1V5tcha aged his diamonds ffof t ;',#at ;' he early age of„37,,, He lead 'lived in Madras , for eleven years and was due to return to England in 1722. His. quandary recalls an even better known epitaph: "Simpson Sahib' ,lies buried here/ He was to have retiredmnext year.” Perhaps this . was the inspiration for, or :was inspired by, Kipling's "A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East." There is the entry for 1689 in the Register Book of the baptism of the daughters of an eminent East India Company's servant, who saved a ,beautiful Hindu 'widow from a `suttee' 1111111111III;IIIIIIIlw til lIuhIIIIIIIIIIIII111111111I11111111 WELCOME SERVICE would"°like, to call on you with "housewarming gifts" ands information about your new Iodation. The Hostess,,will be glad to 'arrange your subscription to •the SI4NAL-STAR. , Call her at 524-9525 IIIIIIIIIiiiuhIIiuminIIIiH hIf1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ijo FR/EN.0Gy `1 SPH/fOOPI/EiSQys; 4 BEE S$ NG,Ea /S' aye rifiPryseaWo0PMNeiy IO// ... T#Eolle `7W0 FEET /S/A 4`6/NQY/ON . e 1 777. L.innp)ession of Indiaas seen through the eyes of , Rudyard Kipling. When I finally saw India, albeit the ' North West Frontier Province and, Baluchistan, I was fortunate enough Ito find extant, if • 'somewhat blurred, 'inpresslons of where the Lion had trodden. There _followed - the c n to that introduction t n monumental collaboration between the Peclple of two vastly different countries - Britain and India. Even so, you could not ,afford to generalise, for there was still the division of Hillmen and Plainsmen. The Pathan and the Gurkha; the Rajput the Dogra and the Sikh, to mention but a few. And "so the swashbuckling Pathan, - the gutsy' Gurkha, the stalwart Rajput the dogged Dogra, and the devious • Sikh, each in his --own-_character_ was, met. Kipling may have sung "East is East and West is West, but never the twain shall meet," but he wrote that before two World Wars, to which India contributed no less than three million men. I 'suppose that under such circumstances, - for the. two • nations ' to understand each other, the world should not be surprised that loyalty and devotion' ,,, melded into affection, for that is undoubtedly what became the strongest -bond which bound this conglomeration: — At this late date, while one or ,two still remain who experienced this felicitous comradeship, the question arises: How can it be enshrined for all time and for all people to remark? In this transitory world we still regard our . churches as the most permanent institutions we possess, so that i,t is in these „JOE'S BP Bo . tItitel: Sthtfti`,° 4 . and . Coffee Shop 411• Huron Rd., Goderlch , 24687 we decide to leave some note; to recall some brave achieve lent. As - It is, the cloisters • of Westminster ' Abbey 'already remember the Indian . Civil Services. "They served India well" is the short statement ' vhich, seems to hold the key to the relationship between Britain and India -- Service. When India -anally graduated in 1947, she. ,, was posssessed of an impartial V civil service - and of a, non-political Army,. So now the Indian . Army; Britain's greatest gift to India, an Army subservient to the Civil' Power, is to be remembered by a tablet in grey marble ina black r_ marrble frame edged with gold in. St. Paul's Cathedral. All Insignia will be, in colour.• Centrally at the top, the Imperial Crown. BeloW" the Crown, in line, the Royal ciphers of the five Sovereigns from Queen Victoria to King George VI. At the, corners, below the Ciphers, replicas of the Indian Orders of Knighthood: The Star .of India, left and the Order .of the Indian Empire, right.. Next the commemorative words, below which are replicas of the Order of British India, the Indian Order of Merit and the Iridian Distinguished Service Medal. Centrally on the , base line, the Crest of the East India Company. Here is tile wording: _�. --:1746-1947 - ' rm r Army served in the former Indian Empire and overseas in peace and war. From 1762, its first overseas expedition; it.s soldiers tookpart in 31 expeditions and fought in -83 frontier campaigns. Auring World War I thy' army sent 1,338,600 soldiers overseas, In World War II 2,060,700men were on active service; In- .these cdnfhcts the Indian Army" served alongside the British and Allied This,tablet commemorates 201 years of faithful service rendered by British, Indian and Gurkha- soldiers urkhasoldiers who, as comrades served in the Indian Army in the employ of the, Honourable, East, India Company apd _ from 4858 under the Crowe. The Indian Foorces in Europe, Africa and Asia. Throughout the two_ centuries of service here commemorated .this was a --volunteer army. - * * . Virtues ' such uas Service, Loyalty and Affection, ail of them achieved voluntarily, are not to 'be dismissed lightly ' in this increasingly 'xnaterially- ininded _society, Ii 1848 the key word Was still "barbarously. It Dungannon news BY MRS. BILL"PARK Mr, ' and, Mrs. " 'Hugh grandaughter Heathers' 1st McWhinney, Lexie Anne and birthday July 20. Other guests Claire visited with Mr. and Mrs. were Lynn Clubert, Mr. and Mrs: Cecil Gogo of Ingleside near Clarence Ohm, Richard and Cornwall the weekend of July „Rose . Anne of Kingston, Mr. 11. The two ladies are sisters. Eldon Culbert, Miss Bonnie Monday was spent visiting with Culbert and Clair Hodges. all of relatives at Shawville, Que.On Dungannon and Mr. and Mrs. the return trip home Tuesday LaVerne Culbert, Douglas, Barry Lexie Anne was left at Guelph and Great of Goderich. to take part in the 4-H annual . Bob Burroughs, Steve and homemaking conference.'- Tom Park and Vicki Park Mrs. Ivan Rivett and Mrs. returned home on Saturday Tom Young as 4-H, leaders were' from Huron Church Camp asked to . set up the exhibit, used Bayfield. at achievment day in the spring Mr. and Mrs. Harold McLeod for the club "featuring fruit".at Dungannop and Mr. and Mrs. " the conference in Guelph on Garnet Diehl (roderich,returned Thursday, July 16.. home Saturday after spending a Lexie Anne McWhinney gave-' week at Devlin in Northern the commentary .. at both the Ontario with Mr. and Mrs. Art achievment day ' .and the • R,oulgton, Donna, George and conference: -° Silvia. They;ladies:are.sisters, Mrs. Ivan Rivett and Mrs. Hugh' McWhinney went to Guelph for the day with Miss Catherine Hunt home economist for Huron C.outy. 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