THE SITUATION IN INDIA.

In order to grasp correctly the situation in India, especially for people in England, there must be a proper realization of what India has been, and is at present. The average man on street does not know that India possessed a very ancient civilization, rich in philosophy and religion, and at one time a highly developed social organization, long before many of the present European nations got the first glimmerings of civilization. India is a vast country inhabited by peoples of different religions and creeds. The Bengali is very different from the Punjabi, and both are very different from the Madrasi and the Bombay Brahman. They are mixed in the population of every Presidency in varying proportions, people following the Hindu and Mohammedan religions, not to mention smaller groups like Parsees, Jews and Christians. When the British came to India they found the Mughal Empire in disintegration, and the country in a state of perpetual warfare between various ruling dynasties. When British rule was firmly established in India it was the first time for many years that the country came under one organized system of Government.