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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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a thousand pities to destroy the freedom of these mountain
peoples; to break up those primitive courts where the ruler
meets his people face to face, and knows each man among
them as they know him; and to wither their simple customs,
as the grass is withered by the frost, by introducing the cold
system of British administration, the iron rules and regulations,
and all the machinery of an empire into this little state. But
when Government can see that the ruler is ready to help
them when aid from him is required; when they see that
he recognizes how essential to his very existence as ruler of
the state it is that he should have dealings with no other than
the British; when they note that he governs his people without
oppression; and when ruler and people realize that Government
has no wish to destroy their independence, or to interfere
with their customs;—then it is evident that satisfactory
relations have been established, and that Government is in
a far better position than if the country were governed directly.
In Hunza there are now rather less than a hundred Kashmir
troops, connected by small posts with the garrison at Gilgit,
sixty-five miles distant. There is also a British officer to
conduct the relations of Government with this state and with
the neighbouring state of Nagar across the river. Hunza is
ruled by a half-brother of the late chief Safder Ali, named
Mohammed Nazim, a pleasant-mannered, intelligent man, about
thirty-four years of age. He and the successive British officers
who have represented the Government of India in his state
have always been on very intimate terms, and the duties of
the latter have become so light that, since the end of 1894,
no special political officer has been deputed, but the military
officer attached to the Kashmir troops stationed in the
country has been instructed to carry on the little political
work that has to be done. The presence of just a few troops
in the country, and the certainty of Government support,
serve to keep the ruler and people steady, and the British
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