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Government, and were scrupulously
3gg fulfilled
by the
late Maharaja.
The same friendly relations have been maintained with the successors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh by the British Government up to the present time. Since the death of the late Maharaja Sher Singh, the disorganized state of the Lahore Government has made it incumbent on the Governor-General in Council to adopt precautionary measures for the protection of the British frontier the nature of these measures, and :
the cause of their adoption, were, at the time, fully explaired to the Lahore Durbar. Notwithstanding the disorganized state of the Lahore Government during the last two years, and many most unfriendly proceedings on the part of the Durbar, the Governor-General in Council has continued to evince his desire to maintain the relations of amity and concord which had so long existed between the two States, for the mutual interests and happiness of both. He has shown, on every occasion, the utmost forbearance, and consideration to the helpless state of the infant Maharaja Dalip Singh, whom the British Government had recognized as the successor to the late Maharaja Sher Singh. The Governor-General in Council sincerely desired to see a strong Sikh Government re-established in the Punjab, able to control its army, and to protect its subjects; he had not, up to the present moment, abandoned the hope of seeing that important object effected by the patriotic efforts of the Chiefs and people of that country.
The Sikh army recently marched from Lahore towards the British frontier, as it was alleged, by the orders of the Durbar, for the purpose of invading the British territory.
The Governor-General's agent, by direction of the Governor-General, demanded an explanation of this movement, and no reply being returned wi,thin a reasonable time, the demand was repeated. The GovernorGeneral, unwilling to believe in the hostile intentions of the Sikh Government, to which no provocation had been given, refrained from taking any measures which might have a tendency to embarrass the Governrrient of the Maharaja, or to induce collision between the two States.
When no reply was given to the repeated demand for
explanation,
while active military preparations
were continued at Lahore, the Governor-General con24
XXXm
DECLARATION OF WAR
Government, and were scrupulously
3gg fulfilled
by the
late Maharaja.
The same friendly relations have been maintained with the successors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh by the British Government up to the present time. Since the death of the late Maharaja Sher Singh, the disorganized state of the Lahore Government has made it incumbent on the Governor-General in Council to adopt precautionary measures for the protection of the British frontier the nature of these measures, and :
the cause of their adoption, were, at the time, fully explaired to the Lahore Durbar. Notwithstanding the disorganized state of the Lahore Government during the last two years, and many most unfriendly proceedings on the part of the Durbar, the Governor-General in Council has continued to evince his desire to maintain the relations of amity and concord which had so long existed between the two States, for the mutual interests and happiness of both. He has shown, on every occasion, the utmost forbearance, and consideration to the helpless state of the infant Maharaja Dalip Singh, whom the British Government had recognized as the successor to the late Maharaja Sher Singh. The Governor-General in Council sincerely desired to see a strong Sikh Government re-established in the Punjab, able to control its army, and to protect its subjects; he had not, up to the present moment, abandoned the hope of seeing that important object effected by the patriotic efforts of the Chiefs and people of that country.
The Sikh army recently marched from Lahore towards the British frontier, as it was alleged, by the orders of the Durbar, for the purpose of invading the British territory.
The Governor-General's agent, by direction of the Governor-General, demanded an explanation of this movement, and no reply being returned wi,thin a reasonable time, the demand was repeated. The GovernorGeneral, unwilling to believe in the hostile intentions of the Sikh Government, to which no provocation had been given, refrained from taking any measures which might have a tendency to embarrass the Governrrient of the Maharaja, or to induce collision between the two States.
When no reply was given to the repeated demand for
explanation,
while active military preparations
were continued at Lahore, the Governor-General con24
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