THE GOVERNMENT OF 

 SUBJECT PEOPLES 



By W. H. R. RIVERS, F.R.S. 

 Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. 



There is one department of government in 

 which the end of the war will probably find the 

 British Empire confronted with new responsi- 

 bilities as well as with the duty of meeting old 

 responsibilities in new ways. Whatever may be 

 the fate of the German colonies which have been 

 conquered directly by the mother-country, there is 

 little doubt that those subdued by the efforts of 

 South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will 

 become part of the Empire and will greatly increase 

 the extent of territory already governed by the 

 Dominions. 



In meeting these responsibilities, both new and 

 old, various sciences will be called upon for help. 

 We can safely hope that our rulers will recognise 

 the value of those sciences which will make our 

 possessions more healthy and more productive. 

 The object of this essay is to inquire how far science 

 may be useful in the work of government itself, 

 how the group of sciences classed together under 



