The situation in India is very serious. Mr. Montagu, after
a too prolonged silence, has made two speeches on the subject. He spoke with a bold face and used words of some confidence, but it is impossible not to say that he was none the less making a confession of failure. The Times, we notice, is no longer able to support him. Speaking to the 1920 Club, on Thursday, February 9th, he said in a curious phrase that India was " giving cause for grave but confident anxiety." He thought that one of the principal causes of unrest was the continuance of war between Turkey and Greece, and the indignant belief in India that Turkey was being persecuted because she was a Moham- medan country. It was remarkable that so many riots in India had been Mohammedan riots. However, all that was necessary for success in India was " patience and sincerity."