THE TURMOIL IN INDIA

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 211, 30 May 1908, Page 5

THE TURMOIL IN INDIA

PUBLISHER IMPRISONED. ; CALL FOR REPRESSIVE MEASURES. BY IEMiUBArH—P3E6S ASSOCIATION— COPYBIOnT London, May ; 28. ' Tho Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India, has forwarded to Viscount Morloy (Secretary of Stato for India)' a stringent Explosives Bill, based on tho English Act. ' 1 . Tho highost Indian opinion holds that tho seriousness of the present crisis'is imperfectly appreciated in England, 'and that the Viceroy .oughty'to bo given fro« hand with regard to neoessary measures that should be taken. Advices from. Allahabad state that the publisher of tho Indian vernaoular journal "Yugantar " was sentenced to 23 months' imprisonment and finod a thousand rupees for publishing seditious articles. "YUGANTAR" CALLS FoV WAR. There can hardly be two opinions as to whether . the "Yugautar" ( articles aro 'sedi< Here is an extract from a patriotic appeal to tho people:—"You shall have to fight an inevitable battle with your opponents. In this battle you shall bo the victorious party, because Dharma is on your side. Tho longer do tho foreign rulers reign in tho country, the greater will bo tho destruction o'f the.. people. ' Save the subjects of tho mother country, and fall to work at once. By war, henven is attained: 1 whether you fall or win. Without war life will not be saved. Upon your rise of powor tho throne of the burglarious wicked ton-headed monster beyond the seas is trembling; his erbwn has fallen to the dust. Bharat Santanl. The foe has lost , his head, and is faint with fear of the shouts of Bande Mataram. Those who are accustomed to respect, thoso bravo Europeans who onco disarmed battalions of Indian warriors by a signal from tho finger, aro now trembling at the sight of tho lathi and the schoolboy."