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danger of harrassment and martyrdom which attends the profession and pursuit of the new polites, Truly has a mighty teacher arisen. in India! We could have passed by an argument based on the doubt whether our course was right and helpful to the country,but this sordid appeal to the lowest motives in humanity, selfishness and cowardice, makes one's gorge rise. And this
the man who claims, we hear, to to have preceded the Nationalists as a prophet of self-sacrifice and the eult of the motherland. Well may we echo the cry of the Israelits Inalcontents, "These bo thy gods, Israel "
The People's Proclamation.
In our last issue we commented on the importance and significance of the People's Proclamation as part of the celebration of the 16th. October. It is a curious irony of Fato that, immediately afterwards, it should have been deliberately deaided by our leaders to drop the Proclamation from the proceedlings. We do not know in what particular quarter of that quaking morass of fears and apprehensions which is called the mind of our leaders, or in answer to what particular touch the tremour arose which has manifosted itself in this amazing exoision. The mutilated copy of last year's uircular which is disgraced by this act of inexplicable backsliding and midity, comes out under the signatures of Sjts. Surendranath Banerji, Motilal Ghose and Riy
Jotindranath Chaudhuri. We are certainly astonished to find Moti Babu's name under such a document and we can only assume that it was asserted without getting his consent or that consent was asked and given by telegraph from Deoghur without his being informed of the omission. Originally, there was another honoured name in that place, but the gentleman who bore it declined to sign unless the omis sion was rectified, and Moti Babu's
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name seems to have been thrust in at the last moment in order to fill up the gap, a proceeding not very complimentary to one of the first living names in Bengal. Nor do quite understand how Rai Jotindranath Chaudhuri induced himself to be a consenting party to the omission, if indeed he know of it. Be that as it may, the Nationalist leaders will do their duty in opposing this act of culpable weakness. But we are curious to know
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what can the man in the street how the people will take it. Their attitude will be some sign of the conclude except that the Governto allow no present altitude of the politicalment is determined thermometer. The tone and temperantion to exist among the of the movement showed a distinct Bengali which has the least trace rise till the Hughly Conferenco, in it of self-help, training and patriotic effort? For no explanation subsequently it seems to have been sinking. And no wonder, with such is vouchsafed of this arbitrary act. leadership. Even a nation of strong In an august and awful silence the men led by the weak, blind or sel- gods of Belvidere hurl their omnifish, becomes easily infected with potent paper thunderbolts, careless the vices of its leaders, And the of what mere men may think, strength of Bengal though immen- confident in their self-arrogated sely increased, is not yet the per- attributes of omnipotence, omnifeet and tempered steel that it science and omni-benevolence, a must become, hard as adament and divine, irresistible and irresponsible light in the lifting. mystery. The Anusilan Samiti.
The National Fund.
We have received a letter from Mr A. C. Sen of Delhi in which be recommends that the National Fund should be utilised for a Swadeshi Museum. The necessity of such an institution has been engaging our attention for some time, and no one can dispute the immense advantages that will accue from it; but the institution, if properly conceived and managed, needs only a small initial fund for its support in the first stages of its existence and will soon become self
The proclamation of the Anusilan Samiti in Calcutta is one of the most autocratic and unjustifiable ncts that the bureaucracy have yet committed. The Calcutta Samiti has
distinguisheb itself, since the begin. ning of its carcer, by the rigidity with which it has enforced its rule of not mixing as an association with current politics and confining itself to such activities as were not only objectionable, but of such a nature that even the most autocratic Government, provided it had the least sympathy with the moral and phy-supporting. It is quite unnecesary sical improvement of its subjects, to divert to it a large sum like must wholly approve. Its original the National Fund. Meanwhile, and main motive has been the im- if we allow divided counsels to provement of the physique in the obtain as to the disposal of the race, and there has been no instance fund, the only result will be that in which the Samiti has gone boit will remain where it is,useles sand yond its function as a physical unused. We note that the oppotraining institution or tried to use sition to the proposal unanimously the improved physique for any com- passed at Hughly emanates from bined purpose. Beyond this the a few individuals whose justification main activities have been turned to for professing to speak in the name the help of the Police and the pubof the subscribers is not yet clear lic on such occasions as the Ardho- the Anglo-Indian papers who are day Yog, to the organisation of interested in preventing the erecfamino relief, in which the Samiti tion of the hall, and, among Indian has done splendid work, and recent- papers, the Hindu Patriot, the ly to other action recommended by Indian Minor and the Indian the Government itself. We believe Nation, all of them papers of a it has even to a certain extent en- very limited circulation and opposed to the national movement in ita most vital features. We are not aware that any organ of the popular party, Moderate or Nationalist, has opposed the sense of the country as formulated in Sj. Surendranath Banerji's resolution at Hughly..
THE REVIVAL OF INDIAN ART.
The Main Difference.
The greatness of Indian art is "the. greatness of all Indian thought and achievement. It lies in the recog
joyed the approbation of high European officials. It is indeed an
ironical comment on the demand for co-operation that the only great association born of the new movement which has shown any anxiety to depart from a line of strict independent activity and co-operate with the Government. should have been selected, at this time of peace and quiet, for proclamation on the extraordinary ground that it interforcs in some undefined and mysterious way with the administration of the law. Advocatos of oooperation, take note. Meanwhile
