The Times of Thursday publishes an account of some seditious
meetings held in Calcutta after the publishing of Mr. Morley's Budget speech. The, chief speaker was Mr. Bepin Chandra Pal. There was no denying the fact, he said, that the physical strength of the people was increasing day by day, and this was a consequence of the oppression they had suffered at the hands of the Feringhees (the British). The
reforms offered by Mr. Morley were "baby-comforters." The people recognised that the Feringhees were now unable to govern them. The Feringhees were afraid, but they were fools to think that they could check the popular forces at the point of the bayonet. The people would not give up their volunteer bands nor their akharas (drill-schools). In another speech Mr. Bepin Chandra Pal declared that organi- sations were being formed to enable the people to do without the Courts of Justice, the police, and other State institutions. The special correspondent of the Times, telegraphing from Murree, says that there is widespread apprehension among Europeans that the Government will introduce some com- promise into the trial of the rioters at Rawal Pindi. We cannot ourselves think that Mr. Morley, having decided on the drastic, but absolutely necessary, course he has taken, will stultify its effect in this way. He certainly counted the cost before he began.
