ntry in the
most contemptible light before the rest of mankind. Instead of our
having any reason to be ashamed of what we have done in and for India,
we have every cause to be proud of it; and, if English people had an
adequate knowledge of that work, and were in a position to exercise
their common-sense on the question, untrammelled by agitators and
demagogues, they would acknowledge gladly that they were heartily proud
of it. We believe that the great body of Englishmen in India are
honestly endeavouring to do their duty, according to the measure of
their abilities, and that, if any event occurred to cause our removal
from the country, it would inflict the direst forms of suffering and
calamity upon the people. It is important to hear what a foreigner, not
unduly prejudiced in our favour, has to say upon these points. First,
then, in reference to the men who are engaged in the practical work of
government--the Civil Service--Baron Huebner says:--

'I have met everywhere men devoted to their service, working
from morning till evening, and finding time, notwithstanding
the mutiplicity of their daily labours, to occupy themselves
with literature and serious studies. India is governed
bureaucratically, but this bureaucracy differs in more than
one respect from ours in Europe. To the public servant in
Europe one day is like another; some great revolution, some
European war, is needed to disturb the placid monotony of
his existence. In India it is not so. The variety of his
duties enlarges and fashions the mind of the Anglo-Indian
official; and the dangers to which he is occasionally
exposed serve to strengthen and give energy to his
character. He learns to take large views and to work at his
desk while the ground is trembling beneath his feet. I do
not think I am guilty of exaggeration in declaring that
there is not a bureaucracy in the world better educated,
better trained to business, more thoroughly stamped with the
qualities which make a statesman; and, what none will
dispute, more pure and upright than that which administers
the government of India.'

Of late years, as everybody is aware, a demand has sprung up for 'local
self-government' in India--a demand not originating with natives
themselves, but with the sentimentalists and philosophers who are doing
their best and their worst to take all the manliness out of t