The British Interests in India and Their Real Guardians — Page 3
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 3 ] [Lord Lawrence says] Nothing will more easily con- duce to the strength of our power in India than the spread of Christianity. ( Lord Lawrence’s Life , vol. 2, p. 313) In Punjab, where Qadian is located and where Allah the Almighty raised the Promised Messiah as to fight the battles for the defence of Islam, Lieutenant Governor Sir Donald McLeod expressed his thoughts in these words: I must add at the same time my belief, that if we have any regard to the security of our dominion in India, it is indispensable that we do our utmost to make it a Christian country. ( The Missions of the Church Mis- sionary Society and the Church of England, Zenana Missionary Society in the Punjab and Sindh, by Rev. Robert Clark, M. A , p. 47, London, 1904) Similarly, the Minister for India at the time, Sir Charles Wood, believed that: …every additional Christian in India is an addi- tional bond of union with England, and an addi- tional source of strength to the Empire. ( Ibid. , p. 234) It may be noted that the above reference is from 1862 CE, when the Promised Messiah as was a young man. Also in 1862, Lord Palmerston, the Prime Minister of England, expressed his views in these words: