To J. E. Ellain July 9, 1898.FROM Dadabhai Naoroji

To J. E. Ellain 
July 9, 1898.
I may say this  o n ly here that wh en  y ou  d o u bt  "wh e t h er  India
w o u ld be better  o ff under the gove rnment of any other European
P owe r ,"  y ou do  n ot mean that as a  j u s t i f i c a t i on of England's
evils  in  Indi a.  T h e n, also, I do  n ot  k n ow  in wh at way or sense
y ou use the words "better  o f f ." In its economic condition I do not
see how India can be worse off. There arc some features in  c o nne c t ion  w i t h Russia,  w h i ch she  w i l l make  g o od use  of  in  t r y i ng
to make the people of  India  t h i nk that some of the bad features
of Engl i sh rule  w i l l  n ot exist  in Russian  rul e.  W h e t h er Russia
or other Power must of necessity occupy  Indi a, wh en Engl and
is made to leave, and whe ther Russia by be coming worse than
Engl and  w i ll be able  to ma int a in its  p ower  in  Indi a, are  a ll questions  w h i ch  t ime alone  w i l l solve.