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 them, which is not less necessary for power. This contradiction is felt by all government, by year British as well as by our Russian Government, and out of a general feeling of self-preservation the persecution by them (as seen in Russia and in the journal sent by you) against such anti-government activity as those above-mentioned, is carried on with more energy than against any other form of opposition. The governments know where their chief danger lies, and they vigilantly guard in this question, not only their interests, but the question: "To be or not to be?"—

[Translated from the original Russian by Pauline Padlashuk.—Johannesburg, November 15, 1910.]

Indian Opinion.