Lord Curzon in India Being a Selection from His Speeches as Viceroy & Governor-General of India. 1898-1905

The leading Princes of India represent the historic families Hindu and Mohammedan—rivals or.allies of the Company in the period which ended with the suppression of the Indian Mutiny and the deposition of the Moghul King of Delhi. [...] He frequently had occasion to dwell on the importance of a sound currency policy'and stability of exchange as the basis of economic progress ; on the necessity for the employment of capital on a large scale—if possible British and Indian capital in combination ; on the community of interest between Government and those engaged in developing the resources of the country ; on the fallacy of the fam [...] Let the Englishman and the Indian accept the consecration of a union ethat is so mysterious as to have in it something of the divine and let our common ideal be a united country and a happier people." In the Convocation Address of igo5 the Chancellor adverted briefly to the difficulties of his task. [...] They were unanimously of opinion that the tendency of the scheme was to concentrate military authority in the hands of the Commander-in-Chief and to subvert the supremacy of the civil power by depriving it of independent military advice. [...] The reward of a good Viceroy consists in the cofidence of the Services ; in the support which he receive"INTRODUCTION liii from the ruling Chiefs and from leading members of the community ; and in the gratitude of the people.