But I said to myself then, and I say now, that I decline to take out of the hands of the Government of India any weapon that they have got, in circumstances so formidable, so obscure, and so impenetrable as are the circumstances that surround British Government in India.
Morley expresses his reluctance to disarm the Indian government in challenging circumstances.
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