[5] See also Mr. E. B. Havell’s Ideals of Indian Art, pp. 11-12. Mr. Havell’s conclusion is: “We may see if we have eyes to see, that all India is one in spirit, however diverse in race and in creed.” [6] First Edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1905. [7] See footnote to p. 5, of his “Early History of India,” 3rd ed. [8] A town on the Eastern Coast of India. [9] Some of these sentences have been reduced. [10] In 16 cases these sentences have been commuted to life-long imprisonment not out of mercy as the Viceroy has himself officially pointed out, but in consideration of the evidence. [11] The great mutiny of 1857, of which more hereafter. [12] Six of them have been sentenced to death, 45 to transportation for life, some to imprisonment and some have been acquitted. [13] The italics are mine. [14] The italics are mine. [15] Some Reflections on the Political Situation in India, by Lajpat Rai, pp. 24-27. [16] The ludicrous extent to which the prohibition to keep and use arms has been carried will be better illustrated by the following incident reported by the _Bengalee_ of Calcutta. “A five year old boy of Munshi Ganj Road, Kidderpore, had a toy pistol purchased for one anna. On the 8th of August last the child was playing with it but could not explode the paper caps. A thirteen year lad showed him how to do it. The boy was at once arrested by a beat constable and marched off to the Wat Ganjthana with the fire arm. The boy was eventually sent up for trial at Alipur and the Court fined him three rupees.” [17] Commenting on the annual report of the issue of licenses the Indian press have made similar statements. The _Punjabee_ says “while the ruffians bent on crime have been able to secure fire arms by foul means, the law abiding section of the community have for the most part continued helpless owing to the difficulties of obtaining licenses for fire arms.” See also _Bengalee_ of the 6th Oct. 1915. [18] The italics are mine. [19] The italics are mine. [20] The examinations have not been discontinued but statutory provision has been made for a large proportion of the appointments formerly filled by examination to be now filled by nomination. [21] Mr. Lowes Dickinson, an English Professor who has largely travelled in India, has practically admitted the truth of this remark. (P. 23, An Essay on the Civilisation of India, China, and Japan. See also pp. 27 and 28.) [22] The _Pioneer_ of Allahabad, a semi-official organ of the Anglo-Indians, has in a recent issue said that “The safety of the State is and must be of far greater importance than the rights of the individuals.” [23] The Western Coast. [24] Heavy wooden sticks. [25] A straw mat. [26] The italics are mine. [27] “The Raja (_i.e._, the king) was not above the law.” See Wilson’s note on p. 203, vol. I of Mill’s British India. [28] See Rhys David’s “Buddhist India.”