SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
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The Verdict of India. By Sir Mancherjee M. Bhownaggree, K.C.I.E. (Hodder and Stoughton. 2d.)—This eloquent and convincing pamphlet by a well-known Indian gentleman ought to be circulated far and wide inn neutral countries, for it disposes once for all of the monstrous charges brought by German propagandists against our rule in India. The author, while sympathizing with the desire of many educated Indiana for a larger share in the administration, maintains that India as a whole is devotedly loyal to the Empire and grateful for the good work that we have done in keeping the peace, developing agriculture, en- couraging education, and fighting plague and famine, which the Germans with their usual impudence ascribe to our malevolent despotism. The author also notes that in their unguarded moments the Germans, who profess to sympathize with the "oppressed " Indiana and to love Islam, speak of our Indian troops, especially the Mohammedans, as " savages," although " the people of India, from whose proudest races these troops are furnished, were civilized and cultured long anterior to the period when .. . the Teutonic savages roamed the German forests."
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