Thk Indian National Congress, which is to be held shortlj- at Alluhabad, I_nd 'at whidhv> Mr Honniker Heatonahd 'Mr. Bradlaugh will be present, irbecoining of increasing ' importanoo, The first Congress washeld in 188., at Bombay /its /itiembers ""•'" '■'' ing one' hundred, being,, composedf <j|&ib|. •-.. ; educated classes or* n'atiyes repre.e"nnߧ_al_i;'>,/" races and creedsJ The. object A 6ffthewS* ! annual meetings is to cement the various races, to'bring about a national ■ to obtain a.larger share iv the goveriamerit' of the country.. The resolution, that 5 have beenpassedattheseCongressionalassemblies. '■ have always been loyai to the British sovereignty, but Lord Dufferin is iuclined to the opinion that there is an danger in these meetings. / The Hindus are: the leaders in this national; movement, and naturally the Mohammedans will have.Httle or nothing to do with,it;. \ They assert 'tfiaFT■/ .■ they prefer EnglisK' .ule ; as. it is to Hindu,;,) rule as it might be, ,and ialthpugh they do X not oppose vie resolutions passed by"-_§*,^, ! '*- Congress, they decline" td press -for theif tf i - realisation., .Thetnumber of ; delegates at- *; J tending the next Congress will probably fully oho thousand] they "will come f-jqrnjV all parts of India, and be fairly repre- / sentative i of aad// races. ' '" ' '////;';/; XSiut®/:
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5720, 31 December 1889, Page 2
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