{"id":2859,"date":"2013-07-13T01:44:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:44:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:44:14","slug":"96-bande-mataram-14-6-07-vol-06-07-bande-mataram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/03-cwsa\/06-07-bande-mataram\/96-bande-mataram-14-6-07-vol-06-07-bande-mataram","title":{"rendered":"-96_Bande Mataram 14-6-07.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n
\n\t
\n\t<b{
\n\tCALCUTTA, June 12th, 1907 }
\n\t<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t
\n\tBande Mataram<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t
\n\t{ CALCUTTA, June 14th, 1907 }
\n\t<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n
\nThe Sphinx
\n<\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nSir Henry Cotton has developed a
\nsudden love for Lala Lajpat Rai. Though he has, like all Anglo-Indians\u2014 official
\nor ex-official,\u2014 condemned and condemned unheard Ajit Singh, his love for Lajpat
\nRai knows no abating. He asked Mr. Morley to confirm his statement of the 6th
\nJune, that Lajpat Rai’s speeches had greatly dominated sedition in India and had
\nbeen published broadcast, even on the floor of the House. The statement shows
\nthat Mr. Morley thinks he knows more about Indian affairs than we Indians do;
\nand his reference, obviously, was to Members of the Parliament like Sir Henry
\nCotton who tease the Secretary of State for India with inconvenient questions
\nabout Indian subjects. With characteristic conceit Mr. Morley replied that he
\nshould be very unlikely to make a statement without providing himself with fair
\nand reasonable confirmation. It was surely such "fair and reasonable
\nconfirmation" that enabled him, the other day, to make an assertion about the
\nproposed Victoria Memorial Hall which even the perverse ingenuity of the
\nAnglo-Indian Press could not support. And it was surely such fair and reasonable
\nconfirmation that made him beat a retreat on the present occasion with the sage
\nremark that nothing would be more injudicious than to lay the facts on the
\ntable. Only deeds of darkness need be afraid of light. And people may be
\npardoned if they dare suspect that the fair and reasonable confirmation was as
\nreal as Mr. Morley’s reforms so often advertised by himself as well as by the
\nStatesman<\/i>. Next when Mr. Mackarness asked whether it was intended to
\nformulate a definite legal charge against Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh and also
\nwhat the length of their banishment and confinement would be, Mr. Morley said<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t
\n\tPage \u2013 504<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\nthat he was unable at present to
\nstate the intentions of the Government of India. It seems that as far as
\nquestions on matters Indian are concerned the British House of Commons is as
\ngood as the Indian Legislative Councils. The reason is not far to seek. The
\nBritish public have absolute faith in the infallibility of the "man on the spot"
\nin India to maintain India for their benefit and they are ready and willing to
\ngive them a free hand in their dealings with the people of the country. Had it
\nbeen otherwise\u2014 had the British taxpayer been guided by considerations other
\nthan those of advantage to Great Britain to take an intelligent interest in
\nIndian affairs the Sphinx would have found himself bound to speak. Yet to these
\npeople our deluded Moderate friends must go and spend the money of
\npoverty-stricken India in the vain attempt to "educate" them\u2014 with a view to get
\npolitical rights and privileges! What shadows we are, and what shadows we
\npursue!    <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t
\n\tPage \u2013 505<\/font><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<b{ CALCUTTA, June 12th, 1907 } Bande Mataram { CALCUTTA, June 14th, 1907 }   The Sphinx   Sir Henry Cotton has developed a sudden…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-06-07-bande-mataram","wpcat-54-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}