The Forum April 19 1924

The application of this universal law to the constitutional struggle between the party of obstruction in the Bengal Legislative Council and the party of absolutism in the Government is beautifully illustrated in the action which Lord Lytton has taken on the rejected budget grants. [...] Accoringly to the letter of the constitution he is on the authority of the law officers of the Crown at libdrty to sanction any salary for the Ministers which did not exceed the statutory maximum—the salary of the Executive Councillors. [...] Accoringly to the letter of the constitution he is on the authority of the law officers of the Crown at libdrty to sanction any salary for the Ministers which did not exceed the statutory maximum—the salary of the Executive Councillors. [...] And the moral of the decision to resubmit only one item the salaries of the Ministers to the vote of the Council is that the Ministerial Party either have or believe they have secured a majority in the Council. [...] -" THE TRUE N A. T' ONALISM One of the cardinal points of difference betwoen the social outlook of India and that of the progressive" countries of the world is in the strength of the national sentiment.