The Indian Empire Society has added something to the gaiety
of politics by its collection of specimen letters to be addressed spontaneously to Members of Parliament by members of the Society, and The Times is to be congratulated on bringing them into the light of day. There is a brevity and directness about the documents that make an undeniable appeal. For example- " Dear Mr. —, I am worried about India." HoW forceful an exordium is that. Or, " Dear Mr. —, I hope you are making a stand with Mr. Churchill against our Government giving away in India all that Clive and Warren Hastings and our great.men in the past fought for and won." Rule by right of conquest, and no bones about it. At any rate the Indian Empire Society does not mince its own views. But it will need to draft- a new set of specimen epistles now—and take care to keep them out of the hands of The Times.
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