The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 187
[ 188 ] special intelligence to understand that they will never demand its repeal or alteration. Whenever any demand is made to repeal or alter this provision, the Hindus alone will make it. In other words the amended clause means that if after the lapse of ten years the Hindus will demand that the Muslims should enjoy this conces sion no longer, this question will again be considered. The consideration will demonstrably be made by the Central Government in which the Hindus will ever be in a majority and the decision in such a case can easily be imagined. After this short review of the Supplementary Report of the Nehru Committee, I venture to reiterate my contention that the modifications and alterations �m� bodied in the Supplementary Report ,vill do more harm than good to the Muslims. All I can say in favour of the Nehru Committee is that it has shown great adept ness and dexterity in the choice of words and phrases which are susceptible of interpretations bearing a sense quite opposite to that they apparently intend to convey. But this is not commendable. In the end I most earnestly appeal to the Muslim public and to my English brethren beyond the seas that they should refuse to lend any support whatever to the Nehru-Report without first understanding and realising fully the nature and significance of its recommendations. Let the British people know that though they are certainly at present the rulers of India, they are not the masters of the Indian people. They have, therefore, ·no right to give in perpetual enslavement to the Hindus and 80 million of Muslims of India. The nation which claims to have contributed so large a share to the emancipa� tion of slaves all the world over would irretrievably (