GANGATHUR TILAK, IN GAOL FOR INCITING THE NATIVES OF INDIA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 276, 27 November 1897, Page 3 (Supplement)

GANGATHUR TILAK, IN GAOL FOR INCITING THE NATIVES OF INDIA.

A London telegram of November 20th states that the Privy Council has refused Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member of the Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay, leave to appeal against the sentence of eighteen months' inflicted for the publication of seditious articles in the Indian paper, ' KesarL' Tilak had previously appealed to the Court at Bombay. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the editor of the Poona native journal, the ' Kesari,' is one of the native journalists who have been prosecuted by the Indian Government for publishing seditious articles. When Mr Tilak was brought up at the Police Court the utmost interest was taken in the case by all sections of the population, but especially by the Hindoos. Mr Tilak and his printer, Keshar Mahdeo Bal, were, after a long hearing, committed for trial. Application was made in the high court for release on bail. The case was heard by Budrudin Tybyee, a Mohammedan, who granted the application. This decision was received by a crowd outside the court with loud cheers, and then Mr Tilak, as he drove away, met with an enthusiastic welcome.