who are not of their religion, and many of them must not leave their own
country.

If they neglect these customs they are said to lose caste--which means
that they lose their social position among their special tribe, family,
and friends.

To lose caste is a very serious thing to a native of India.

Europeans are, as a rule, very careful not to offend the natives in
these matters, and are most particular to observe all the customs in
regard to caste. But at the time of the plague it was not possible to
exercise this care.

When human lives were in danger the doctors did not try to find out
what caste sick persons belonged to, but did what they thought best for
them.

We know for ourselves, in our own families, that the rules of the Health
Board in regard to sickness are not always agreeable to us.

We submit to having our invalids taken to hospitals when they have
contagious diseases because we know that we must not endanger other
lives.

Imagine, then, how the ignorant Indian natives must have felt, when, for
reasons that they could not be made to understand, their sick were
carried away by Europeans, and put into hospitals with people of every
tribe and caste, all to be treated alike, and forced to eat the food
prepared by foreigners.

They regarded the vigorous means which the Government took to stop the
plague as a personal cruelty to them, and could not be brought to
realize that everything was being done for their benefit.

Many educated Indians, who were perfectly able to understand that the
Government measures were right and proper, pretended to side with the
people, and, for the sake of stirring up the revolt, published articles
in the papers, and circulated handbills denouncing the wickedness and
cruelty of the British Government.

This course is likely to give England a great deal of trouble, for the
people of India do not love the Europeans.

The telegrams say that there is no reason to fear the overthrow of the
British Empire in India, because there are seventy-five thousand white
troops in the peninsula, and they are fully able to keep order there.

It is thought that the discontent will lead to a series of outbreaks
that will have to be put down by the soldiers, and which will increase
the bitterness already existing between the Europeans and the natives.

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