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ALTHOUGH at the time of writing, the result of the division of Mr. Gandhi’s resolution regarding the creed of the Congress is not definitely known, everyone who has followed the trend of events during the last few months can say that it is in the nature of a foregone conclusion. It is particularly inconceivable that having carried his point in the subjects Committee, where the audience is a more or less select body, Mr. Gandhi could have any difficulty in carrying it in the open Congress where his followers are believed to be in a decided, if not overwhelming, majority. Nor could one anticipate any other result of the nature of the discussion and the personnel of the speakers on either side. On one side were, besides Mr Gandhi who is a host in himself, Lala Lajpat Rai and Mr Bipinchandra Pal, two of the most powerful and popular speakers we have in the whole country. On the other side, there was no one with the exception of Col Wedgwood (who obviously laboured under the disad