757 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 disadvantage of being a non-Indian) who could for a moment be compared to any of these three. Undoubtedly one of the speakers, Mr Jinnah is one of our front rank leaders, and is also an effective speaker. But it is no disparagement of him to say that, addressing a popular audience, he is no match for any of the three speakers on the other side, far less for all of them combined. Pandit Malaviya who, would undoubtedly have opposed the resolution with all his strength. Mr CR Das, who also is believed to be opposed to the resolution, does not appear to have spoken. Madras was well represented by Messrs Satyamurti and Mr Rangaswami Iyengar, but they could not for obvious speak with the authority of either Mr Vijiaraghavachariar, or Mr Kasturi Iyengar.