“It is related that, in the absence of tangible enemies, some of our soldiery, who turned out on this occasion, butchered a number of unoffending camp-followers, servants, and others who were huddling together in vague alarm, near the Christian church-yard. No loyalty, no fidelity, no patient good service on the part of these good people could extinguish, for a moment, the fierce hatred which possessed our white soldiers against all who wore the dusky livery of the East.”--Kaye and Malleson’s Indian Mutiny, vol. II, p. 438. [49] It should be noted that this visit took place during the present war and the observations recorded above were penned after the “unique” outburst of loyalty on the part of the Indians in connection with the Great War. [50] A native term equivalent for Europeans. [51] This is a native expression signifying the highest respect of the speaker towards one whom he considers his superior. Literally it means mother and father. [52] _I. e._, like the English. [53] In the interests of Lancashire goods. [54] Mr. Ilbert was the Law member of the Council of the Governor General and the bill came to be named after him. [55] Mr. Hume was an ex-secretary-of the Government of India who had retired from service. [56] Sir William Wedderburn is also a retired member of the Government of Bombay, India. [57] Sir Auckland Colvin was the Lieutenant Governor of the then North Western Provinces (now the United Province of Agra and Oudh). [58] The quotations from Hume are taken out of W. Wedderburn’s Allan Octavian Hume, the parts enclosed in parenthesis are Wedderburn’s. [59] These compliments have been renewed of late. The Congress held at Madras in 1914 was attended by the British Governor of the Presidency. [60] Mr. Hume’s biography by Sir William Wedderburn, p. 62. [61] Mr. Hume’s biography by Sir W. W., p. 63. [62] Biography, p. 63. [63] Swadeshi means country-made, and Swaraj means self-government or self-rule. [64] The Congress session held at Surat in December, 1907, ended in a split preceded by a disorderly meeting. [65] Presided over by the Honourable Mr. G. K. Gokhale, a member of the Viceroy’s Council. [66] Swadeshi means the cult of home industries, _i.e._, the use of the articles made in the country. [67] An eminent Bengalee writer. [68] Moreover the keynote of these organisations was association and co-operation with Government, and not independent self-assertion. [69] These are signs of mourning in India. [70] An eminent nobleman and landlord of Bengal. [71] India made goods. [72] Wholesale piece goods merchants belonging to Upper India are known in Calcutta by that name. [73] A ruling chief in the Bombay Presidency. [74] In my opinion there has never been any time in human history when religion and morals were successfully divorced from politics, either in Ancient India or anywhere else. [75] Societies, Associations and Gymnasiums.