An Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Lloyd George / Prime Minister of Great Britain

The author, writing from exile during World War I, addresses the British prime minister to protest imperial policies toward India, recounting personal credentials and the hardships of forced exile while contrasting Indian attachment to homeland with British life. He criticizes proposals to raise a large wartime loan from India and to increase duties on cotton imports as unjust and exploitative, argues that repressive laws silence Indian political expression, and frames continued advocacy abroad as a moral duty to speak truths barred at home, urging recognition of Indian grievances and a fairer fiscal and political relationship.