Last week I dealt with the awakening of the masses to a need of the betterment of their condi-jons, but drew attention to the fact that they are_still inclined to distrust Political methods of attaining their aims and are concentrating rather on the problem of Inbour organization within their ranks. It is, however, noteworthy that the Bengal Legitlative Council have practically unanimously decided that the lab-uring classes be granted special electoral franchise though a. proposal to allot them at least eight seats was rejected. This action, however, must be regarded rather as a gesture on the part of the
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