 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1873 - 552 pages
...useful or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained ; there must he no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but...promptness. Everywhere the first germ of insurrection must he put down immediately. Ten men may in an hour quell a row which, after a day's delay, may take weeks... | |
 | Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - Colonial administrators - 1872 - 426 pages
...useful or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained : there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but...insurrection must be put down instantly. Ten men may ha an hour quell a row which, after a day's delay, may take weeks to put down. I wish this point to... | |
 | George Bruce Malleson - India - 1878 - 626 pages
...conciliation, prudence ..... A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained ; there must be no bustle ; no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but...germ of insurrection must be put down instantly." Immediately on receiving information of the Sir Henry ia -art ,1 1 TV ii/ n- TT nominated to occurrences... | |
 | Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts - India - 1897 - 586 pages
...useful, or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained — there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but, at the same time, there APPENDIX II. 511 must be the utmost watchfulness and promptness; everywhere the first germ of insurrection... | |
 | Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts - India - 1898 - 712 pages
...useful, or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained — there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but,...of insurrection must be put down instantly. Ten men mav in an hour quell a row which, after a day's delay, may take weeks to put down. I wish this point... | |
 | Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts - Great Britain - 1898 - 586 pages
...useful, or even dangerous. A linn and cheerful aspect must be maintained — there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but....everywhere the first germ of insurrection must be put clown instantly. Ten men may in an hour quell a row which, after a day's delay, may take weeks to put... | |
 | McLeod Innes - Colonial administrators - 1898 - 244 pages
...useful or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained ; there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but at the same time there must t M be the utmost watchfulness and promptness ; everywhere the first germ of insurrection must be put... | |
 | Frederick P. Gibbon - India - 1908 - 398 pages
...most useful or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained; there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic; but at...put down. I wish this point to be well understood. . . ." l He also emphasised the importance of committing the well-disposed talukdars, zemindars, and... | |
 | Violet Brooke-Hunt - 1914 - 384 pages
...prudence. Each individual may at this crisis prove most useful or dangerous; there must bo no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic; but at...same time there must be the utmost watchfulness." By the end of May the sepoys were in universal revolt, but Lucknow was ready to face a fierce fight.... | |
 | John Bonham - India - 1928 - 104 pages
...most useful, or even dangerous. A firm, cheerful aspect must be maintained ; there must be no bustle, no appearance of alarm, still less of panic ; but at the same time the utmost watchfulness and promptness. Everywhere the first germ of insurrection must be put down... | |
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Time is everything just now. Time, firmness, promptness, conciliation, and prudence ; every officer, each individual European, high and low, may at this crisis prove most useful or even dangerous. A firm and cheerful aspect must be maintained : there... 
