Excerpt from The Government of India
This book was written in all its substantial parts before the Government took steps to meet the conditions which the war had created in India. I venture to publish it, however, because it indicates a different point of view from that which appears to be animating the Government, though in some respects their practical proposals do not materially differ from mine, but also - and this is the chief reason - because during the time of transition upon which we are centering, and which the Montagu-Chelmsford report does no more than inaugurate, it is important that we should understand the origin and evolution of our Indian connections. India needs cannot be met by an adjustment here and an adjustment there; they have to be viewed in their wide sweep. This spirit will have to be maintained after the Montagu-chelmsford Report has produced its first harvest of legislation.
I must acknowledge with gratitude the assistance I have had from some of the worthiest men who maintain our best traditions in the Government of India. Much of what is in this book is theirs, and in writing it I have always kept their problems and their trials in mind. the effect of the war upon publishing is responsible for a long delay in the appearance of the book.
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