The Indian National Congress has held its annual meeting at
Bombay during the past week, under the presidency of Sir Henry Cotton. The most important resolutions passed at the concluding sitting were those advocating the despatch to England of a delegation to urge on the British electorate the claims of India to a more considerate and sympathetic treatment, and the application of surpluses to the relief of taxation. Other resolutions were adopted condemning the Tibetan Expedition and the Missions to Persia and Afghan- istan, and the continuous growth of military expenditure involved in Lord Kitchener's policy. The issues raised by these resolutions are too large to admit of discussion at the present juncture ; but it is only right to admit that the leading native speakers showed a highly commendable moderation in the statement of their case. It is no longer possible to regard the Indian Congress as a manufactory of disaffection when the majority of the resolutions passed at its meetings would be adopted as common form at almost any Liberal meeting in England.
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