In this country there was no uncer. tainty at all_as tothe cordiality of the welcome to be accorded to their Royal Highnesses, and large sums have already been voted, and outlines of the schemes for entertainment and rec-prior of the Royal visitors have been already cussed, in every quarter likely to be concerned. It is a matter of uncertainty as to what loyalty can or does mean to India's millions. There is no doubt in India, a sentiment of traditional loyalty which is semi-religious, and has course of time been insensibly trai ferred from the ancient rulers to the British Raj. To whom they really owe allegiance they would no doubt be puzzled' to explain; except by vague allusions to some mighty power whom ik with Siva, Ganesh, and other deities, not visible, but real-to them. The Government is represented to many thousands of the toilers in the districts by the local officials, who come in for share of the reverence due to semidivine beings, and are often addressed other high-sounding titles, which in' the vernacular Bibles apply only to the Deity.
the aim and object of the Gover ment that their agents should be men of unimpeachable character, fitted in times of trial like the present to win the respect and liking of their Indian fellow-subjects. Not only their subordinates, but the Indian people at large must surely in time be won to loyalty in ite highs sense by the zeal and self-devotion of the higher officials to the service of their adopted country, who by their lives endeavour to draw nearer together the Emperor of India and his subjects beyond the seas. Loyalty to the administration, as represen' ed by the og of the Government, added to the ancient ling of reverence for high rank which hereditary in India, is as much as we can expect, without craving for any hig! falutin' sentiment of personal affection for an unknown Sovereign or hi which could only in the present ins be artificial.
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