In conclusion, while cordially admitting the existence of a widespread
sentiment of reverence for the Crown—the one tradition common to all races and creeds in India—the writer declares that we cannot reasonably look for loyalty from India in the sense in which we look for it from our own people, or from our own kinsmen beyond the seas. " To introduce self-government into India would necessarily be to hand it over to the ascendency of the strongest," and "that. we are debarred from doing by the very terms on which we hold the country." We must continue to govern India as the greatest of the dependencies of the British Crown, but we must " do our utmost to satisfy Indians of all classes and castes and beliefs that we govern them, as none of their race could govern them, with an equal and absolutely impartial regard for all law-abiding communities, with an intelligent apprecia- tion of their peculiar interests, and with genuine consideration for all their ideas, so long as those ideas are compatible with the maintenance and security of British rule." These articles, alike by their knowledge, their impartiality, and their grasp of essentials, have been the most valuable contribution to British journalism that has appeared for many a long day, and we can only repeat the hope we have already expressed that they will be reprinted, and that soon, in book form.
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