________________
10
IRISH EXTREMISTS
A new daily paper has made its ap pearance in Dublin entitled Sinn Fein. It is stated to be the organ of the extreme party, the chief plank in whose platform is the withdrawal of Irish representation from Westminster and the setting up of a National council in Ireland without seeking legislative authority from the British Parliament for purpose. The Times quotes the following from a leading article in the journal:"We shall seek to find points of agreement and not points of difference. We shall advocate Sinn Fein as the most effective policy but we shall support every honest effort and give full credit to our countrymen of other politicalving parties for all the work they perform for the common good. We shall refuse to regard any Irish party as our enemies They may be our opponents; they shall not be our enemies. Our chemies are those who govern-and mingovern this country against the will of its people-not any section of our own country
men.
AWAKENED PERSIA. Everything goes to show that Persis has really awakened at last. Even the disinterested anxiety of her friends an to the utter hopelessness of her financial situation has been falsified by recent 1evelations. It is not true that she is moving heaven and earth for means to her soldiers. Rather it pay appears that those who fought for the Constitution were mostly volunteers, even regular soldiers asking for no remunera. tion for their services to the country. That the new Government wants money
for sundry purposes is plain enough, , but it is confident of finding it in the country itself. As the Timer correspondent. recently admitted, there is no dearth of wealthy men in Persia who are patriotic enough to place their whole for tunes at the disposal of the Nationalsts, and the mass of the population were too disgusted with the late regime to grudge any amount of sacrifice to uphold the Constitution. At any rate, there is a growing preponderance of public opinion against the fatal foolishness of a foreign loan. "Opinion is divided even now Amongst the leaders of the people," ways a correspondent of the Pioneer, "as to the expediency of a foreign loan; the majority are in favour of raising a loan in the country itself.... Even at this critical stage the idea of appealing to Russia for money is look ed upon with disfavour." The following
THE ARYA FACTORY
KARMAYOGIN.
takon the wind out of the sail of Sir Edward Grey's gallant defence of the understanding over Anglo-Russian Persia:
The presence of the Russian troops in the country has not by any means improved the situation, and in some quarters the action of Russia is held to be the direct outcome of the policy followed by Gea Britain in the south. The position in reg. our relations with Persin in not satisfactory. There is a feeling, rapidly gaining ground, that while in the days before the Anglo-Russian Convention, Great Britain would have prevented aggression on the part of the Russians, now both nations are desirous of depri
Persia of her independence. Entirely wrong as this view is, it is held by some of the leaders of the people. One of them expressed his opinion recently on the Convention as "an ill-fated measure, particularly injurious to British interpar esta." He pointed out that Persia was not bound by the terms of the Convention, having expressly intimated to the British and Russian Legations when the measure was submitted to her that she did not recognise any agreement concluded between the two Powers. He had an opportunity of obtaining the views of the members of the first Mejlis, and found that they were unanimous in the opinion that any compact between Great Britain and Russia in regard to Persia was bound to have evil consequences for the former Power. In the present circumstances, it is doubtful if Great Britain will derive any advantage from her friendship with Russia.
There is already a proposal to place an important business concession in the hands. of other financiers than British or Russian! So "Max" will see that the Persians are no longer imbecile hasheesh-eaters who deserve to be trodden upon by a Nadir Shal Shah or a modern edition of that redoubtable tyrant. They have begun to think for themselves and to act for themselves! Yesterday it was the "unspeakable Turk," to-day it in the "despicable Persian," coming into line with the West with one bold bound. What are things coming to? This is more than our modern Horatios can clearly understand.
Panjabee.
"NAUTCH GIRLS IN THE LAHORE EXHIBITION."
S
REGISTERED
The Yankteshwar Samachar of Bombay says:--Some one has rightly styled the new assembly of (Congress) Babus as the LARGEST IN INDIA Awarded Medal at the Indian industrial Exhibition of 1906-07. MACHINE-MADE
---
TRADE MARK
Mehta Majli. The practical Lahoris are now trying doner into a Mahfal. May God grant them success! It will only be then that the proverb of a monkey with a mirror shall attain signifieance. Our readers are aware that every year an Exhibition is held along with the Congress. The Exhibition is not held simply for amusement sake but the prime object is that people may get instruction by seeing various en where they manufactures and know could be had. But it seems that our Lahore friends do not attach much value to this bogey of instruction and knowledge, hence good many of them have thought of converting the Exhibition into a Rang bhavan or a dancing and singing assembly. Our friends argued that there was no use in simply exhibiting clumsy manufacture of the country, that will be only a dull affair; something should be done to divert the mind also. The beauty of Munna Jan, Pyari Jan, Gul Khiro and others was before their eyes. once they thought of them and resolved to have dancing girls in the Exhibition. That will serve a double purpose. First of all their own eyes and minds. will be satiated. Secondly their wives and children will have opportunity of performing veshya mahutam. An expert was sent out to hunt up for various jans. But lo! the terms were being settled with the heroines, when a dry and puritanic fellow like Professor Ruchi Bam intervened and with help of Sir P. C. Chatterjee got the proposal shelved. The shock to our friends can better be imagined than described. They put a heavy slab on their hearts, what could they do? But they need not be pained! May God grant long life to the Mehta Mahfal. Scores of such opportunities will rocur and they can then enjoy various jans to their hearts' content. You have now got the Congress Mirror in your hands. Make whatever use of it you like.
At
STOVE PAITED STEEL TRUNKS
CASH BOXES, LOCKS, &c. Extract from Mr. J. G. Camming, ICs
Special Report on Industrial Survey of Ben. A (de Calcutta Gazette, August 90th, 1908)
THE ARYA FACTORY or 107, MACHUA BAZAR ROAD, CALCUTTA, turns out good articles.
10 MACLUA BAZAR RUA Calcutta. Tel. Add.:-"TRUNKS," CALCUTTA,
Gold
Medals
Silver
ownmake FOOTBALLS. Agents wanted everywhere. Lists free on application. SEN & SEN 1, Chowringhee, CALCUTTA.
5
FOR
BENGAL ART STUDIO.
80, MTARAN BABU'S STREET: ARTISTIC.CHROMO LITHOGRAPHER, PRINTER, ENGRAVER, Trade Lables, Cheques, Certificates, Half-tones and Line Blocks etc. are the Special Studies, CHARGES MODERATE A Trial is Solicited DWIJENDRA NATH DHAR, Proprietor & Manager
