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THE MEMOIRS OF A CAT
by the board. I violate the law when I drink the milk seldom to be had for asking, without the permission of the owner. If I had the misfortune of being a member of the barbarous institution called civilised human society, I would be punished, if caught, which seldom happens to those who can steal cleverly. My prosecutors would never stop to enquire how much chance I had of getting the permission; instead, they calculate my responsibi. lity by their standard. Their logic is simple. The milk did not belong to mc; therefore, I had 110 right to drink it cven if I died of hunger. They are indifferent to that possible tragedy.
Possession is nine points in law. I wonder how many people stop to think that man-made laws are always violating the laws of God. Stealing is also violence. It is only a milder form of robbery. But the queer thing is that, if you go a step farther, black becomes white. Conquest is robbery on a large scale ; yct that has not been placed under a moral taboo or the penalty of any law. To-day the Indians decry conquest, because they are the victims. All the moral cants preached on that score are entirely unconvincing. No sensible man can possibly believe that non-violence is inherent in Hindu humanitarianism, so long as Rama, Krishna, Arjun, Bhim etc. remain the ideals of Hindu manhood. Those mythical heroes are glorified for their feats of conquest and acts of wholesale violence. These very Indians who con
