On Wednesday at Bombay Mr. Tilak, the Nationalist leader, was
sentenced to six years' transportation and a fine of one thousand rupees for publishing seditious articles in his paper, the Saari. The Times of Wednesday gave some extracts from the articles. A brief quotation will show their character. "The authorities have spread the false report that the bombs of the Bengalis are subversive of society. There is as -wide a difference between the bombs in Europe desiring to destroy society and the bombs in Bengal as between earth and heaven. There is an excess of patriotism at the root of the bombs in Bengal, while the bombs in Europe are the product of hataed felt for selfish millionaires. The Bengalis are not Anarchists, but they have brought into use the weapons of the Anarchists ; that is all." After referring to the simplicity of the formula for making bombs, Mr. Tilak continues :—" This knowledge is not a secret in Europe, America, Japan, and other countries. In India it is still a secret knowledge, but when the number of turn-headed persons increases, owing to the stringent enforcement of the policy of repression, what time will it take for the charms and magical lore of Bengal to spread through- out India?" Mr. Tilak wraps up his thoughts with much more ingenuity than some native writers, but because his talents enable him to do that he should not escape the penalty of uttering incitements to murder, for such his articles are, and were obviously intended to be.
