Karmayogi

SR No.: 011075
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Total Pages: 751
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
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KARMAYOGIN
A WEEKLY REVIEW
OF
National Religion, Literature, Science,
Philosophy, &C.,
Vol. I.
29th SHRABAN 1316.
No. 8.
FACTS AND OPINIONS.
The Englishman on Boycott.
"The speech of Sj. Bhupendratath Bone at the boycott celebrafind and the Open Lotter of Sj. Aurobindo Ghoso hnve put the Englishman in a difficnlty. It has Den the habit of this paper to Iny stress on any fiets or suggestions real or imaginary which it could interpret As pointing to viol
pce and so persistently damn the movement as onto not only revolutionary in the magnitudo of the changes at which it aims but violently revolutionary in its purposed inethods. The speech and the open letter have cut this imaginary ground sway from under its foot. As a matter of fact there is nothing new in the attitudu of either the Moderate or the Nationalist leader. What they say now they have said always. The Modernte party have always been in favour of constitutional methods which, whatever be the preciso meaning of that phrase in a country where no constitution exista, must certainly exolude illegality and violenou. The Nationalist on their Mido have always, while repudinting the principle that non are under all circumstancpe, bound to obey
Djup of injurious laws imposed without national conuent, advocated observance of the law in the ciron melance of India both on grounds
of policy and in the interonts of Sola Boycott. sound national developinent. Prasive
It soems to be especially the resistance to arbitrary cdicts and
Boycott Prosident's able defence of proclamations in order to Amhert
social boycott i opposcul to Violet civic rights, test illegal unses or
constraint that has alarmed the oompel their recall is not breach of
Englishman. Here also there is the law but a recognized weapon
nothing now. The social boycott. in the defence of civic liberty. Yet
is a weapon absolutely necessary for the Englishman chooses to save
the enforcement of the popular will its face by imagining a change of
in this matter, the power of using front in the Boycott policy. There
бівcal law fоr thе за ригрыкаis no change. The Boycott has
being in the hands of authorition always been a movement within
who have boen publicly declared by the law and such it remains. If
Lord Curzon to be active parties in shere have been some individual
British exploitation of the P ro excesso, that no more detracts
of India. It means the cutition of from the legality of the move
* very small ininority by a huge mont than the excesses of indivi.
,majority in the interest of the dual strikers would affect the
whole nation; it conrists merely is legality of a strike. The Englishman
* prsaivo abstinence from all count is full of Anxiety as to the best enanco to tho offunder,--sending way to mnoot the imaginer change him to Coventry, in the English of front. With great sapiency it phrase; it is effective and, if pro suggests to the Government thu perly applied, instantaneously effect free use of deportation, for which ite: it involve, as the Englishman it has been for mine timo clamour- ho been obliged to mee, no violence, ing in vain, and threatens the no disregard of pnblic order, no boycottern with an anti-boycott. breach of the peace. The only Ono dous not quito see how this
weapon the Englishman can find mighty movement could be ongi
against it is deportation, and after Deered. If a boycott of Indians by
all you cannot deport a whole town, Englishmen is suggested, we would
village of community. The Nation. remind our contemporary that in
alist Party have always struggled life in this country Indiana might
for und often obtained the reconceivably do without Englisbmen
cogaition of the social boycott at but Englishmen cannot do without
various District Conferences and it Indians. That is precisely the
has been The
freely and strength
offectively of our position. misfortone in thnt we oumelves
Applied in all parto, though m... still fail to realise it.
in East BangaL It is grat:....