The root of the evil is the intervention between the
Govern- ment and the masses of a small but steadily growing disaffected minority, who, instead of interpreting the demands of the people, devote their energies to outrageous misrepresentations of the aims and results of British rule, and to sowing dis- affection broadcast amongst the impulsive millions of India. The propaganda is not confined to India, but has become international, having active centres in Europe and America, and the writer dwells on the incalculable mischief done by the encouragement of the propagandists by careless writers and speakers at home. A further article in Monday's issue deals with the strange alliance between Brahmanism and imported Nationalist theories, and emphasizes the essentially oligarchical aims of the movement. "Were we to abdicate in favour of the Nationalists there would be no materials from which to form, and no democrats to administer, a democracy." Tuesday's article deals with the duty and policy of the Government, pointing out that any visible weakening of the British Raj must alienate the masses; that what is wanted is less politics and more economics ; that the judiciary needs overhauling ; and that, while the Government might do well to show more regard for its friends, politicians and publicists at home might take reasonable care to ascertain the truth.
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