Young India; an interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within . i-British propaganda by means of thepress and the platform, used their pen and tonguerather freely, but did not think of using after editor, and publisher after publisherwas sent to prison without any diminution of thecampaign. The years 1906 and 1907 saw a regu-lar tug of war between the Government on theone side and the nationalists on the other. A largenumber of prosecutions were launched against themembers of the press in Bengal and Bombay, Pun-jab and the United Provinces, Madras and the Ce
Young India; an interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within . i-British propaganda by means of thepress and the platform, used their pen and tonguerather freely, but did not think of using after editor, and publisher after publisherwas sent to prison without any diminution of thecampaign. The years 1906 and 1907 saw a regu-lar tug of war between the Government on theone side and the nationalists on the other. A largenumber of prosecutions were launched against themembers of the press in Bengal and Bombay, Pun-jab and the United Provinces, Madras and the Cen-tral Provinces, and many persons were sentencedto long terms of imprisonment. A complete boy-cott, economic, political and social, was openlypreached, and picketing was again resorted of the judicial trials were only farcical, thejudges being influenced by political considerations,and convictions and sentences being foregone con-clusions. Yet such was the peoples regard forlaw, that so long as the procedure of an open trialwas not attacked, they did not think of employing. From a painting by Mrs. Richer, Berkeley, Cal. La J PAT Rai THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT i8i force for purposes of revenge. Even ill-treatment,either in lock-ups, during trial, or in prisons, afterconviction, failed to incite the people to force. Po-litical prisoners v^ere applauded, glorified, andotherwise supported and backed, but no thought ofrevenge entered anybodys head. Deportation of Lajpat Rai. The sudden depor-tation of Lajpat Rai, however, in May, 1907,changed the whole current of thought and nationalists concluded that the movement forpassive resistance required to be supported by secretpropaganda as well as the use of force against the words of the Honourable Mr. G. K. Gokhale,in a speech delivered in the Council of the GovernorGeneral after the deportation of Lajpat Rai, thelatter was a religious, social, and educational re-former and was loved and respected by large cla
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