India and the future . Outside the Temple, Trichinopoly. (Boy with Trifala of Vishnu.). 3^j An Ekka at Jaipur. [To fac; p. 167. THE INDIAN OPPOSITION We have not demartialized India ; but have we doneher a wrong in not taking pains to martiahze her ?Ought we to have estabUshed a system of citizen service,or a strong and well-trained Indian volunteer-force ?Who can rationally demand that a government situatedas is the British Government of India should deliberatelycall into being a nation in arms ? To do so would benot only a suicidal folly, but a gross betrayal of very foundations of
India and the future . Outside the Temple, Trichinopoly. (Boy with Trifala of Vishnu.). 3^j An Ekka at Jaipur. [To fac; p. 167. THE INDIAN OPPOSITION We have not demartialized India ; but have we doneher a wrong in not taking pains to martiahze her ?Ought we to have estabUshed a system of citizen service,or a strong and well-trained Indian volunteer-force ?Who can rationally demand that a government situatedas is the British Government of India should deliberatelycall into being a nation in arms ? To do so would benot only a suicidal folly, but a gross betrayal of very foundations of our rule in India lie in the factthat India requires protection, not only against external,but against internal dangers—in other words, protectionagainst herself. He who does not admit this, ought clearlyto make no terms with the British raj. To accept itsemployment or to enter its councils, even as one of a per-manent Opposition, is implicitly to own that India is notyet ripe for self-government, and that, for the presentat any rate, the overthrow of the British rule would be ad
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