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The Chairman by way of explaining the object of the meet-
ing said: He was sure that all present missed the presence
amidst them of the Rajah Murli Manehur Bahadur, the
President. He was sorry that the Rajah was not where he was
to advise them with regard to the proposition that had brought
them together, and by his words throw the weight of his
influence as a member of one of oldest and noblest Hindu
families in the State into the scale against any possible oppo-
sition in high places. But this consoled him, that the Rajah
had been in the Club's rooms a few hours previously, and called
away by urgent business elsewhere, left assurance of his sympa-
thy with the object of the meeting and as such would no doubt
subscribe his name to the memorial that might be voted to be
submitted to the Government by the meeting. Then reading
out Mr. Krishnamachari's proposition, he continued: He knew
every one would admit that the advantages accruing from a
sojourn, however short, in the land of the most enlightened
people on the face of the earth, the English-in the land of
those whom Providence had put in charge of the destinies of
India were very great. If a short sojourn by reason of giving
an insight into the thoughts and feelings of the West was so
advantageous, how much more must it be when made with the
object of an educational training there? Whether the Shastras
allowed of Hindus crossing the seas or not, he could not say.
Opinions were divided upon the point-the same passages in
the Shastras were differently construed. But this he could
say, the times in which we were living were not the same as
those in which our ancestors had lived, that we could not, with
impunity, remain stationary while all the rest of the world was
moving, that the wave of enlightenment, of advanced thought
was growing bigger and bigger day by day, that the tide was
increasing in volume and to stem it back would be attended
with grave consequences. As to antagonism to Hindus going
to England, it was not as strong as it had been-as time advanced it grew weaker. The caste people, even Brahmins, were now,
in a way of course, willing to admit their England-returned
