His attempts to reconcile this attitude with his enthusi- astic
championship of the Federal cause in London last year more than merit, by their reference to " recent " (but unspecified) " dramatic changes in the political situation," the epithets of " vague, indefinite, diaphan- ous," which the Maharajah applies to the proposals of the Federal Structure Committee.• His alternative scheme, under which the Standing Committee of an enlarged Chamber of Princes should administer a separate federation of the provinces in consultation with Standing Committees from both legislative Houses, may find some favour in the eyes of the smaller States, whose aspirations it flatters ; but it is not sufficiently practical or statesmanlike to be given serious consideration elsewhere. We trust that counsels such as these will not prevail in quarters whence the ideals of the Round Table Conference have received, in the past, invaluable support. * * *
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