13 OCTOBER 1928, Page 31

Sir Sivaswamy Aiyer was of course a member of the

Execu- tive Council in Madras, and is therefore well qualified to deal with constitutional problems in India at some length. Sir Sivaswamy is a well-wisher of the Empire and pleads for a policy of graceful concession to national sentiment. We agree, but the difficulty is to ascertain what that national sentiment really is. The author has written a long book, but he has not at all convinced us that he speaks for any but a small minority

of politicians. •