The Awakening of India. By De Witt Mackenzie. (Hodder and
Stoughton. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Mackenzie, an American journalist, made a tour of inquiry in India in 1916-17, and records in this very readable little book the highly favourable impressions that he formed regarding the stability of the British Raj and the con- tentment of the peoples. He had interviews with the Viceroy and his leading officials, with several of the native Princes, and with the well-known American educator, Dr. Ewing of the Punjab University, whose impartial survey of the political situation is of great interest. "How long it will be," he said, " before this country is prepared for some form of self-government is a matter of pure speculation. Certainly many years, probably many generations, must elapse." Sir Michael O'Dwyer's story of the Punjab con- spiracy, and Sir Charles Cleveland's account of the various German attempts to promote sedition in India, as reported by Mr. Mac- kenzie, are well worth reading. The Germans were as much mis- taken about India's loyalty as they were about our readiness to fight for Belgium.
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