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________________ KARMAYOGIN A WEEKLY REVIEW OF National Religion, Literature, Science, Philosophy, &c., Vol. 1. 24th Paush 1316. {No. 27 FACTS AND OPINIONS. to face with a numerically strong Avoided. It is intich the best thing and robust opption in 0: the for A Government circumstances Council. If so, the Councils are Sir Edward Baker's Admissions. like our to be quite frank and was not a mirror of the political forces Of all the present rulers of Indir froin the beginning, “This much Sir Edward Baker is the only one in the country, not a free popular we mean to give; further you must assoinbly, but a carefully limitod who really puts any value on public not expect is to RAM council of opinion. He has comunitted indis notables friendly Calcutta and Mofussil. cretions of a startling character, he to the existing state of things | The point which Sir Edward has loyally carried out a policy with Whether the Government Ary to Baker, in common with all Anglo which he can have no heartfelt blame or not for guarding their inter. Indian publicists, makes of the dissympathy, but his anxiety to con ents by this manipulation of elec. tinction betwoen Caloutta and the ciliate public opinion cven under torntee, is quite another qnestion. Mofusil, in quite justifiable if the these adverse circumstancos betrays All we say is that they have no Councils are to be only a superior the uneasiness of a man who knows guarded themselves and, as a result, edition of the local Municipalitie the force of that power even in a these Councils may be the kind of out of all relation with the political subject country and focls that the Advisory body the Government netilities of the country. It is an ruling class are not going the best want, they are not the popular indispntable fact that a great deal nasemblies, mirrors of public opinion public opinion way to carry that opinion with them. of the best in the life of Bengal and instruments of rapid political gravitates towards the capital and While all the other provincial Governors have confined their development, which the people the l'artition of Bengal han inade inaugural speeches to the most emp want. Sir Edward Baker anys no difference in this powerful ton. ty platitudes, he alone has sought that no Government can be expect. I deney. Calcutta in to Bengal what ed to run the risk of putting itself Purin in to France. to speak as a man would who feels It is from into permanent tninority,--uch Calcutta that Bengal take it the difficulties of a perplexing situa opi. tion. But we do not think a state of things cannot be alloweet niun, itu inspirations, its lenders. he has helped the Government by for a day. We quite agree. That its tope, its programme of actie One very important r his speech. is whnt we have been telling the ont of this It is in fact a series of damaging admissions. He people for a very long time. I'm almost inalienable lendership in the Admite that the exclusion of the fortunately, very different hopes and greater independence which men Caloutta men by the roatrictions expectations were raised in the minds enjoy in Calcutta, another is the attending higher organization of life, resour. Municipal eloction is of Moderate politicians and comdeliberate, and he cannot be ig municated by them to the people atcer, activity in this great centre of Dorunt that this means the exclu. large. If the eulogies of the Re- humanity. So long as these causes sion of the leading brains and the form Scheme and the benevolent exint, the supremacy of Calcutta will remain. moet influential intentions of Government had been The object of the personalities in the country. He admite that the couched in low glowing language; electoral rules is to destroy the with low of misleading fervour. supremacy of the Calcutta met Governament have taken are to to the present disappointment, imita- 1. whose independence and froodom of paslude the chanop of being facetion and revolt would have been speech and action are distasteful to
SR No.011075
Book TitleKarmayogi
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
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PublisherZZZ Unknown
Publication Year
Total Pages751
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size139 MB
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