What Englishmen Admire in Mr. Gokhale

AT the Gokhale anniversary meeting held at Bombay on the 20th instant, Sir Stanley Reed made a speech on what were the striking characteristics of the late Indian statesman that were greatly admired by Englishmen. The greatest strength of Mr. Gokhale was his knowledge, and few men in their time worked so laboriously and studiously as did Mr. Gokhale. High officials were struck with his admirable knowledge and they paid a high tribute to his work. Another quality of Mr. Gokhale’s was his ideal of unselfish personal sacrifice for the service of the country. This ideal was saturated with the spirit of the people of the West and they found, at the present crisis in Europe, some inspiration in the spirit of sacrifice as taught by Mr. Gokhale.