the promise of social privilege was only made as a reward or return for promising to take the boycott vow. This condition of affairs could not be permitted to continue indefinitely, and it became evident that sooner or later--and the sooner the better--the mischief must be stopped and the people of the province given the opportunity which they need and desire to settle down to their normal life and to co-operation with the Government for their material and moral progress. NOTE 10 SACRIFICING "WHITE GOATS" The term occurs, for instance, in one of the most violent fly-sheets issued only a few months ago from a clandestine press in India, under the heading _Yagantar_, killing no murder:-- Rise up, rise up, O sons of India, arm yourselves with bombs, despatch the white _Asuras_ to Yana's abode. Invoke the mother Kali; nerve your arm with valour. The Mother asks for sacrificial offerings. What does the Mother want? The cocoanut? No. A fowl or a sheep or a buffalo? No, She wants many white _Asuras_. The Mother is thirsting after the blood of the Feringhees who have bled her profusely. Satisfy her thirst. Killing the Feringhee, we say, is no murder. Brother, chant this verse while slaying the Feringhee white goat, for killing him is no murder: With the close of a long era, the Feringhee Empire draws to an end for behold! Kali rises in the East. NOTE 11 HINDUS AND MAHOMEDANS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE. Some statistics have been collected lately by the Moslem League with reference to the relative numbers of Hindus and Mahomedans employed in Government service in India. The figures are still subject to revision, and therefore can only be given as approximately correct. Moreover, the classification adopted does not seem to have been precisely the same in the different provinces. But even if a considerable margin is allowed for discrepancies which may yet have to be rectified, the figures quoted below for several important branches of the service are instructive:-- EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF DEPUTY COLLECTORS, DEPUTY MAGISTRATES, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS, &c. Hindus. Mahomedans. ----------------------------------+----------+-------------- Bombay .. .. .. ..| 53 | 9 Madras .. .. .. ..| 61 | 7 Bengal .. .. .. ..| 265 | 59 Eastern Bengal .. .. ..| 136 | 49 Central Provinces .. .. ..| 60 | 24 United Provinces .. .. ..| 125 | 98 Punjab .. .. .. ..| 74 | 68 SUB-DEPUTY COLLECTORS, SUB-DEPUTY MAGISTRATES, &c.