26 JUNE 1909, Page 18

The only sound principle is to keep the government—that is,

the supreme control—entirely in British hands, while retaining as instruments of government members of any and every class and creed in India. If this principle is maintained, all minorities may feel secure. If it is violated, jealousy, suspicion, and anxiety are sure to break forth. Though the use of representative members on advisory bodies cannot be said to be an actual infringement of this principle, it is, in our opinion, one of very doubtful value, The supreme power must be kept in British hands till the people of India become socially, or at any rate politically, homogeneous. But that is a day so distant as to be quite beyond the horizon of prectical polities.