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Indian situation. What has been said in this paper suggests it. The 
main matters may be summarized in a few sentences: 
Cut off all military expenditures outside of India; and if the British 
Government wants to carry on foreign wars let them be paid for, as they 
ought, out of the imperial treasury. 
Inaugurate a policy of trust of the Indian people, in place of the pre- 
sent policy of distrust. 
Reduce the expenditure on the army by at least one-half. 
Check that extravagance of railway building which has swallowed 
up such vast sums of money, and carried the railway system of India far 
beyond the needs of the country. 
- Push forward irrigation with greater vigour, and thus increase the 
productivity of the land. 
Bring the vast area of waste land into use by drainage and otherwise, 
and thus make it available for the service of the people and for revenue. 
Fill fewer offices with high priced European officials, and more with 
equally competent native men, whose expenses will be less and who know 
the real needs of the country far better than foreigners can. 
Reduce taxation, and extend throughout India the plan of ‘‘perman- 
ent settlements,’’ which has worked so well in Bengal. 
Establish a wide-spread system of agricultural banks or government 
credits, so that the millions of small farmers who must pay their taxes in 
money before their crops can be sold, may not be driven into the hands 
of merciless money lenders. 
Take measures to build up again the ruined manufacturing indus- 
tries of the country. 
See that no tariff laws injurious to Indian interests are enacted either 
in India or Great Britain. 
Spend at least five times as much as is now done, on education; and 
especially push forward education in its practical and industrial forms. 
Inaugurate wide-spread and comprehensive methods for improving 
agriculture. 
Let the Government lay aside some of its imperialistic arrogance, 
cease spurning Indian public opinion, and begin listening to the voice of 
