Karmayogi

SR No.: 011075
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Total Pages: 751
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 139 MB

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KARMAVOGIN.
they can only do by becoming Agent provocators and so worming themselves into the confidence of their quarry. That is, a kind of dirty work no Indian gentleman in likely to undertake ever with the prospect of vindicating his loyalty, escaping house-searches and deportation and earning the encomiums of the Englishman. Postal Precautions.
Sj. Aurobindo Ghose has recently received an anonymous letter giving him the momentons information that a certain Gopal Chandra Ray of the C. I. D. with several assistants is busy watching 6 College Square and the Post Office and copying all the letters and postcards that come in his name without exception. Sj. Aurobindo has not the honour of the noble Gopal's acquaintance, nor is he even aware whether this gentleman has any corporeal existence. The letter. may be a hoax; or it may be sent by one of the "assistants," wenry to death of copying letters and postcards and of the inelement and uncomfortable business of an open air watch fanned by the breezes of Goldighi in this season. It does not natter to the gentleman honoured by these attentions whether the whole police force occupy Goldighi for ingiesitorial purposes or whether numerous editions of his cor
Suren-respondence are turned out for the
perish from the face of India and leave no trace behind. The world has no ne any longer for religious bolies which exclude courage, manliness, generosity, justice and patriotism from their moral practice. The Banerji Vigilance Committees.
The novel departure initiated by the fertile mind of Srijut Surendranath Banerji at Barrackpur in the creation of Vigilance Committees. to check the nocturnal lovers of homb and bullet practice on the E.B.S.R. has created great interest and amusement among his countryinen. There are many who are attribute ungenerous enough to this anti-Anarchical zen! less to
loyalty and a noble "co-operative" instinct than to the fact that our great leader has himself to travel daily over the zone of danger. Even if it were so, the sneer is We all love our lives, we have all to travel occasionally by the E.B.S.R. in first or second class
singenerous
and we cannot ignore the fact that random bullets and explosive coconnuts are not respecters of peo and, if they find the hea even of a Nationalist lender in the way, will not be polite enough to walk round it. We shall all therefore be gratefal to our old man eloquent, if he can ensure our common safety. But for ourselves, we do not see how he can effect his landable object. It
would be possible for Srijut
dranath and the other estimable burgosses of Barrackpur to patrol the railway at night, but the wea ther is still cold, sleep is pleasant, bullets and cocoanuts perilous inissiles, and, if anything happens, the police are quite capable of suspecting and arresting the too vigilant patrons of the public peace. One might revive the "National Volunteers" for the purpose, but the Samities are disbanded, tudents forbidden to take part in polities or do anything that would interfere with their studies. They are not likely to be enthusiastic for this kind of volunteer work under these conditions. And, if such organizations were create!, it would be more likely to alarm than gratily a suspicious and nervous Gover ment which might see in it a disingenuous device for reviving the proclaimed Samitees. The only other resource is for these novel vigilance men to turn detectives, discover, the Terrorists and give informaation to the police, which
It is possible, therefore, for this part of the investigation to be carried o very cheaply, and the Government must not be deceived by any representations on part of Gopal or others that a big staff is wanted. Further, we are instructed 1 inform all intending correspondents of the above-mentioned facts so that they may not be disturbed or anxious" about Sj Aurobindo's health if they get no answer to their letters Secondly, it would be advisable for them, when writing to him to forward a copy of the letter to the Secretary to the Bengal Government or to Mr. Denham of the C. I. D. Thirdly, if any one wishes: to send by post specimens of bombs, revolvers, or anything explosive or picric, or plans and estimates for a conspiracy or insurrection great or simall, he had better send it either by hand or through the editors of the Statesman or Englishnian. No reply need be expected. Detective Wiles.
use of posterity by the disinterested labours of tho C. I. D. Still, he has suggested to us certain proposals to be placed before the (iovernment in this connection and we proceed to make them. In the first place, for the sake of humanity, a comfortable stall might be put up in the Square for the vigilant cowkeeper and his herd whence they could watch more happily and quite RA effectively. Secondly, if the Government would kindly instruct the Post Office not to lose onetenth of Aurobindo Babu's letters after copying them and delay the greater part of the others, there would probably be no harm done to the Empire. Thirdly, Sj. Aurobindo (hese begs us to inform the authorities that he was never greatly in the habit of writing letters before and, after the exposure of his private correspondence with his friends and family by the prosecntion in the Alipur case, he has almost dropped the practice, except in urgent matters of business.
While we are on this subject, wo might suggest to the C. I. 1. to train up a few spies and informers, send them for the completion of their education to France and then appoint them as teachers in the College in India, Just now they do their work very clumsily. We may instance the case Eurasian or European gentleman' rejoicing in an Irish name
of an
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alias and a false address, who left his card 011 Sj. Aurobindo Ghose and then opened fire with a letter requesting the loan of revolver, brand new and serviceable, without which the Irish gentle
inan
could not live any longer. Neither is it a good opening for acquaintance to come for financial help to a man known to be himself the possessor of a very small iscome. To request advice how to serve the country or to become religious is a more plausible opening, but it aught to be followed up and sustained plausibly. Even the wearing of the saffron robe need not be a passport to effusive friendship, unless there is something behind, and not always even then. We inay also refer to the rumautic story of the Dead Letter Office return published the other day by Sj Prabhaschandra Deb in the Hitabuds. This precious script was curiously enough addressed to Grey Street, without any number, in Prabhas Babu's handwriting