ENGLAND TO AN INDIAN EYE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPICTATOR:] observe in reviewing my book, "England to an Indian Eye," in the Spectator of December 4th, you have said that it is an "antidote to the uncomplimentary remarks of Wo Chang." But you know as well as myself that it not only expresses my approval of your men and manners, but also my unreserved opinions of English life. Regarding your sweeping remark, that "there is small doubt that all classes of the natives are at heart profoundly Anti-Western," I have to say that your interpretation of the signs of the times is likely to create an unfriendly feeling in the minds of the Westerns towards my countrymen. I think you will alter your opinion if you take the trouble to ascertain the real feelings of Indians. The Princes of the land believe that it is a wise thing to be loyal to the British rule, the educated gentlemen know that they have free scope to better them- selves under the British rule, and the peasantry are loyal indeed because they know that they cannot find a better Government than the present one.—I am, Sir, &c., T. B. PANDIAN (of Madras).
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