22 OCTOBER 1910, Page 3

On Friday week Lord Minto spoke at a farewell banquet

given to him at the United Service Club, Simla. Reviewing his Viceroyship, he said that he divided the unrest in India into two classes,—loyal unrest and seditious unrest. He looked to the future with oonfidence : in his judgment India as a whole was loyal. " The battle which the Govern- ment have fought has, to the best of my belief, been won." We earnestly trust that Lord Minto's optimism will be justified. In any case, the British Empire has to thank him sincerely for doing what he thought was right quietly and with unfaltering courage.