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be quite at a loss to understand the circumstances amidst which he is placed, to read the signs of the times in which he finds himself possessed of enormous power. Does he know that Hyderabad has not been at a stand-still fer a quarter of a century, that days when any wickedness and injustice could be perpetrated safe from the eyes of the people or authority belong to ancient history, now that public opinion—it does not matter by whom guided—is gaining in volume and strength day by day, that agitation for justice which was an unknown factor formerly has given his Government endless trouble? If he does, it is impossible to comprehend how he could commit the blunder of issuing a circular with a view to gag the Moglai Press, and aggravate it by suppressing the paper.the Editor of which had the honesty and moral courage to protest against it.
Again the claims of the vast majority of the Hindus of these Dominions to be represented on the City High Court Bench, have been disregarded. A Mahomedan, Mr. Yaseenkhian of the Berar Commission, has been, subject to the sanction of the Supreme Government, appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Sharief-ul-Hussan. In noticing this, the Deccan Standard complacently remarks that there "can be no feeling of favouritism" after the nomination of a stranger to the post. Considering the exceeding hurry in which the appointment has been made it is hard to see how there "can be no feeling of favouritism" abroad—to believe the appointment to be anything else than a job.
Though the men in power take pretty good that none but the favored few are admitted to their confidence, yet their secrets get out—some how-now and then, mostly in the shape of rumours, and reveal to us how they seek to strengthen themselves. And this is really fortunate. Some time ago the Safiri Dekhan, an Urdu daily published within the Residency limits, wrote a leader severely commenting on the action of the Government in the city "murder case. This annoyed the Minister" so much, a rumour says, that he wrote to the Resident requesting
