The Indian States in relation to the British Crown and British India

APPENDIX " A "-A DRAFT SCHEME FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE UNITED INDIAN STATES ( PAGES " B "-THE TIMES OF INDIA REVIEW OF THE GROWTH AND PRESENT STATE OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIAN STATES (PAGES XI-XII) " C "-AN APPEAL TO THE INDIAN REFORMERS IN THE STRAIN OF THE ADDRESS TO THE HIGHER CLASSES OF ENGLAND BY SIR T. COLERIDGE UNDER SIMILAR CIRCU [...] His Highness observes "An enlightened and progressive Ruler must spend more and still more money for the improvement of his administrtion and the peace and contentment of his subjects ; but if the State is to enjoy the full benefit of development along these lines it must be free to use the whole of its resources and to be allowed to spend upon the people and the State the whole of the income [...] 2 Section I) which the Directors of the Company EnjOyed." When the above mentions the 'delegation of powers' and the 'subordinate Sovereignty ' one cannot follow the logic of the above conclusion —and assuming that the Copany abused the powers of such Sovereignty delegated to them the fact remains that even a Governor-General was tried for the abuse of his powers before the Houses of Parliam [...] Has any one considered and challenged the propriety of the figure ? The people have an unwritten standard of the position and dignity of the Prince or the Governor and the Viceroy. [...] The following features of it would seem to be relevant to the question:— The absolute recognition by all concerned of (1) His Majesty the King Emperor as the Head of the Empire as the all-pervading strength of that Edifice; and full loyalty to the Crown in the first place as a fitting response to it.