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immense audience of loyal British subjects all over the world.

He spoke significantly of " the quickening and growth in ideals and aspirations of nationhood which defy the customary measurement of time." His note was taken up by later speakers, the Gaekwar of Baroda, the Maharajah of Kashmir, and more emphatically. by Mr. Jinnah. The King left immediately after his speech and the Prime Minister was then elected Chairman, on the proposal of the Maharajah of Patiala and the Aga Khan. In his exhortation Mr. MacDonald brushed aside the ignorant, the prejudiced, and the faint-hearted, and urged that the Conference should " boldly come out and appeal to an intelligent and informed public opinion."

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