We can quite believe that in Mr. Gandhi's fanatical brain
there is a distinction between what he intends and what he accomplishes, but it is the duty of a government to judge by results. The ignorant mass of Indians cannot discriminate between the refinements of a mystic. They understand that Mr. Gandhi wants rebellion, and they pursue it in their own way. Thousands of Mr. Gandhi's deluded followers have been arrested while their leader is allowed to go free. The best thing that could happen now would be that Mr. Montagu should resign and that the Viceroy should be encouraged by a new Secretary for India to put an end to Mr. Gandhi's activities. We are glad to see that in the debate of Tuesday Mr. Lloyd George declared that in no circumstances did we propose to withdraw from India or to impair the full sovereignty of the King- Emperor, and that there would be no further extension of the legislative reforms in India until the Indians had showed their capacity for working the institutions which they already have.
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