On Wednesday Lord Curzon, who was entertained by the Merchant
Taylors' Company, pointed out that Clive's true monument is an Empire of three hundred million inhabi- tants,—" an Empire which was the greatest achievement, not of warfare, because we did not win the greater part of India by the sword, but of the science of civil government and civil administration which the history of the world could show." That is a truth too often forgotten. ,If the total of all the men slain in battle since we first went to India could be reckoned up, its smallness would, we believe, surprise those who talk about the conquest of India. Lord Curzon usefully reminded his hearers that when they heard of unrest and agitation in India, they must not for one moment believe that it applied to the three hundred millions of the population. Out of that total, two hundred and fifty millions in all proba- bility had not the slightest idea of the existence of any unrest at all, and of the remaining fifty millions, a large proportion did not in the smallest degree share such sentiments.
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