The Indian Review October 1916. A Monthly Periodical devoted to the discussion of all topics of Interest

Sir S. P. Sinha who is now according to the AnglIndians the beau-ideal of Indian politicians " Autonomy within the Empire is the accepted political faith of the Congress." Some of the principal reforms advocated in the Memorandum have been pressed upon the attention of the authorities from time to time and often with the warm and whole-hearted support of some of the distinguished members of [...] The main heads of expenditure according to Chanakya were sacrifices worship of ancestors charity expenses of the royal household charges of the civil departments expenses in connection with the maintenance of foreign missions the expenses of the army and the army supply services public works expenditure and the expenses for the preservation of forests. [...] The account officers had also to enter in their books the names of departments ; the description of the work carried on and the results obtained in the several manufactories ; the amounts of profit loss expenditure and interest of each factory ; the number of labourers engaged and their wages ; the values of different kinds of gems and of other commodities ; presents made to the king's office [...] It is also undeniable that the maintenance of the idigenous government by the promotion of patrioism and therefore of the military spirit to an inordinate extent to the detriment of the growth of the spirit of benevolence is highly prejudicial tt the best interests of a civilized society. [...] The conflict between the individual and the state labor and capital the Tian and the woman ; the conflict between the greed of material gain and the spiritual life of man the organized selfishness of nations and the higher ideals of humanity ; the conflict between 611 the ugly complexities inseparable from giant organizations of commerce and state and the natural instinct of man crying for simp