The Indian Review February 1912 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Discussion of all Topics of Interest

Keeping strictly within the bounds of the constitution Queen-Empress Victoria and King-Emperor Edward VII exercised potent influence over the shaping of the policy and administrative measures of their successive ministers and especially those in regard to India.* The To the introduction and development of the elective principle first in the Municipal and Rural Boards and later on in the Legislativ [...] On the top of these came the Royal assurances after accesion to the throne the visible improvement in the tone towards Indians of the truculent sections of the self-governing colonies and the relaxation of repressive measures in India. [...] The Ruling Princes and Chiefs of India on the one hand and the Non-official Members of my Legislative Council acting on behalf of the people of British India on the other desire that I should forward to the Prime Minister the following message from the Princes and people of India to the people of Great Britain and Ireland. [...] It is not the Renunciation of the pantheistic ascetic it is not the Renuncition of the slave the fanatic the bigot to get the goodwill of a superior being it is the Renunciation of a king for the welfare of his subjects the Renunciation shown by the mother to her loving child. [...] This sublime Doctrine is poison to the sensualist to the theologian to the despot to the aristocrat to the plutocrat to the indolent to the montheist to the pantheist to the nihilist.