The remarkable series of articles on " Indian Unrest" which
have appeared in the Times during the past two months were concluded last Saturday. In his final and recapitulatory article the writer enumerates the various conflicting influences at work, takes stock of the situation, and indicates the lines on which the maintenance and security of British rule are most likely to be promoted. Our role alone prevents the ancient divisions of race and creed from breaking out afresh into open and sanguinary strife. It divides Indians the least, and on that account is supported by the majority of intelligent and sober-minded Indians, and ioquiesoed in by the great mass of the population as giving them more security, justice, and tranquillity than their ancestors ever enjoyed. The only serious menace to our rule comes from a temporary unnatural alliance between two hostile forces,—the. ancient and reactionary force of Brahmanism, and the modern and progressive force generated by Western education.
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