THE INDIAN CONGRESS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
would not attempt "any further comment," but per- haps you will let me tell a little story as to what might happen if England "were to leave India." Your corre- spondent in the Spectator of June 22nd, referring to your reviewer, speaks of "a period of anarchy which may last for ten years." I put this very question, four years ago, separately, to two Indian gentlemen, both enlightened and of more than usually good education,—the one a member of the Congress, the other a strong sympathiser with it. The answer I received in each case, the two having no means of foreseeing my question, was : "Complete anarchy, every man's hand at his neighbour's throat." "But," I said, again to each, in the absence of the other, "that could not last for ever ; how long would it last ? " "For a hundred years," said the Congressman. The Cambridge University man said : "For two hundred years."—I am, Sir, &c.,
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