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\n\t\t\tKARMAYOGIN<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tA WEEKLY
\n\t\t\tREVIEW <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tof National
\n\t\t\tReligion, Literature, Science, Philosophy, &c.,<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSATURDAY 5th<\/sup> FEBRUARY 1910<\/font><\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo. 31<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nFacts and Opinions
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\nThe Party of Revolution<\/a><\/font>
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\nBe the fault whose you will, ours or the Government’s, the
\nexistence of an organised party of armed Revolution in Indian politics is now a recognised factor of the situation. The enormous strides with which events have advanced and a sky
\nfull of trouble but also of hope been overcast and grown full
\nof gloom and menace, can be measured by the rapidity with
\nwhich this party has developed. It is only five years since the
\nnational movement sprang into being. The cry was then for
\nself-help and passive resistance. Boycott, Swadeshi, Arbitration,
\nNational Education, were the hope of the future, the means
\nof self-regeneration. In five years everything has been struck to
\nthe earth. Boycott has almost disappeared, Swadeshi languishes
\nunder sentence of arrest, Arbitration died still-born, National
\nEducation is committing suicide. A tremendous disintegration
\nhas taken place and we look amazed on the ruins of the work
\nour labour and our sacrifice erected. It is a huge defeat, an
\nastonishing catastrophe. And on those ruins grim, wild-eyed,
\npitiless to itself and to others, mocking at death and defeat with
\nits raucous and careless laughter Revolution rises repeating the
\nlanguage of the old-world insurgents, cherishing a desperate
\nhope which modern conditions deny, grasping at the weapons<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nwhich the Slav and the Celt have brought into political warfare.
\nThe seeds which the
\nYugantar
\n<\/i>sowed in its brief, violent and
\nmeteoric career have borne fruit in unexpected quarters and
\nnew-born journals repeat in foreign lands and in the English
\ntongue the incitations to revolt and slaughter which have been put down in India by the strong hand of the law. Money is
\nforthcoming to support a journalism which must obviously be
\nall cost and no profit, young men exile themselves from their
\nnative land by openly joining the party of violence and in India
\nitself repeated blows have been struck paralysing the hope and
\nthe effort to revive the activity of that broader and calmer Nationalism which, recognising modern conditions, still commands the allegiance of the bulk of the nation.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIts Growth<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nWhat is the precise nature, propaganda and strength of this
\nparty, which by so small an expenditure of energy has produced such surprising results? When the
\nYugantar<\/i>, abandoning
\nits habit of philosophic Revolutionism, first began to enter the field of practical politics, to sneer at passive resistance and gird
\nat its chief exponents, no one thought that its change of attitude
\nportended anything serious. Men read the paper for the amazing
\nbrilliance, grace and sustained force of its style, a new thing in
\nBengali journalism, and from the natural attraction men feel for
\nstrong writing and bold thought even when they do not agree
\nwith it. Afterwards the reckless fight of the
\nYugantar
\n<\/i>for existence attracted a more dangerous admiration and from that time the journal changed from a thing of literary interest into a political force. Even then it was taken as a practical guide only among
\na section of young men small in numbers and without means or
\ninfluence. But things have changed since then. A void has been
\ncreated by the conviction, deportation, self-imposed exile or
\nsilence of the great Nationalist speakers, writers, organisers, and the dangerous opinions and activities then created have rushed
\nin to occupy the vacuum. The Nationalism we advocate is a
\nthing difficult to grasp and follow, needing continual intellectual<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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\nexposition to keep its hold on the mind, continual inspiration
\nand encouragement to combat the impatience natural to humanity; its methods are comparatively new in politics and can only
\njustify themselves to human conservatism by distinguished and
\nsustained success. The preaching of the new revolutionary party
\nis familiar to human imagination, supported by the records of
\nsome of the most inspiring episodes in history, in consonance
\nwith the impatience, violence and passion for concrete results
\nwhich revolutionary epochs generate. The growing strength of
\nthis party is not difficult to explain; it is extremely difficult to
\ncombat.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIts Extent<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nThis party has two sides, the propaganda carried on in foreign
\ncountries, and the Terrorist activity always recrudescent in our
\nmidst. The latter is the most formidable in the present, the former
\nthe most dangerous in the future. The foreign propaganda was
\nfirst located in London and confined to the single paper, the
\nIndian Sociologist<\/i>, first an organ of Shyamji Krishnavarma’s Home Rule Society and opposed to all methods of violence. The
\nconversion of Krishnavarma to the Terrorism he once fiercely condemned, has been a very important factor in the growth
\nof the new party. The propaganda has been driven from London only to spring at once into a ubiquitous activity abroad.
\nFrom Paris Krishnavarma publishes the
\nIndian Sociologist<\/i>; from
\nBerlin a new organ, significantly self-styled the
\nTalwar<\/i>, issues; in
\nGeneva a paper naming itself the
\nBande Mataram
\n<\/i>busies itself
\nwith decrying the policy of the defunct
\nBande Mataram
\n<\/i>and
\ndenouncing its originator and former Editor; a paper called
\nthe Free Hindustan
\n<\/i>maintains itself in America. Wealthy men
\nand women stand behind these organs, the Kathiawar Krishnavarma, the Parsi lady Mrs. Kama and possibly others who do not advertise their names. Young men of all nationalities in
\nIndia seem to have joined these organisations and occasional
\npamphlets find their way into India in spite of the vigilance of
\nthe Post Office by means familiar to European revolutionism.<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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\nIn India any violent propaganda is impossible; violent action
\ntakes its place and the swift succession of attempted or successful outrages in Gujerat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Bengal
\nshows that if the movement is not organised, as in these foreign countries, it is equally widespread. The very existence of
\nsuch a conspiracy must paralyse all other forms and methods of
\nnational aspiration by driving the Government and the Anglo-Indian community into the suppression of everything that goes
\nbeyond contented acceptance of that which exists. The revolutionists know this well and they have played their game with
\ngreat skill and success.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nOurselves<\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nEvery established Government is bound to eradicate a movement
\nof this kind and it will naturally use any means it thinks effective.
\nWe recognise this necessity, but we have no faith in the means
\nthe Government and the Anglo-Indians seem to favour. We are
\ndead against covering over an evil by pretentious, sounding and
\nhollow speech and measures; we do not believe in a remedial
\nsystem which suppresses symptoms and leaves the roots untouched. All we can do is to stand aside and let the physician
\ntry his system \u2013and this we propose to do from henceforward. We have written this week in order to explain our action and
\nour attitude, but we shall abstain in future from comment on
\ncurrent Indian politics or criticism of Government and its measures until more favourable and normal conditions return. We
\nonly reserve to ourselves the liberty of writing once to point out
\nthe immense difference between Indian conditions in modern
\ntimes and the historical precedents on which the revolutionists
\nrely, \u2013for which we had not sufficient space in this issue. With this exception the rest is silence. The
\nKarmayogin
\n<\/i>was originally
\nstarted as a weekly review intended to encourage the habit of
\ndeep and close thinking on all subjects and widen the intellectual
\nrange of the people, giving an especial importance to religion and
\nthe growth of spirituality. The disproportionate space allowed to
\ncurrent politics was necessitated by the absence of any political<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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\norgan devoted to that propaganda of peaceful Nationalism in
\nwhich we saw the only way to healthy political development
\nin India. Now that that way is barred by the legislator and the
\nTerrorist, we return to our original intention.<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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