[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."]
Snt—The original meaning of " mandator " is so ugly and ill-omened in Latin that we may well shrink from ringing changes on made-up modern derivatives from it, though it is interesting to ask ourselves why English has never been able to say " mended " on the precedent of " commanded," " remanded," "demanded," and in imitation of French mond& But why not use our own English tongue and speak of States, Territories, or peoples in Ward P The expression might well be applied also to all "Dependencies " and to what Sarrant calls colonies. Or we might talk of States in Trust. The point to insist on is the temporary and pupillary status of such States. We might then recognize that India alone of all such Dependencies has been admitted to the great Allied Council as an equal to free nations. There is room for difference of opinion as to whether India as a whole has earned the status thus conferred. But at least she has been honestly treated as a State to which our relation is tutelary, and not merely one of exploitation, however benevolent —I am. Sir, &o., J. D. A.
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