REACTION IN INDIA.
BETTER FEELING. MODERATES CAPTURE CONGRESS. ROYAL CLEMENCY. . £" TELEGRAPH—PUES3 ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGIIT. Bombay, Novombor 13. Moderates sccurcd control of tho Indian National Congress. The promotion of industries is to be placed in .the forefront of their programme. Bengal is greatly struck at the dramatic collapso of the extremist party. The nativos Lajpat-Rai >and Ajit Singh, who have been released, attribute their release to King Edward's clemency. Thero was . great rejoicing inCalcutta. Hindu priests lod singing parties through tho streets, invoking blessings on King Edward. Pleas for leniency on behalf of tho deported Indians, Lajpat-Rai and Ajit Sengh, were mado in the House of Commons in Juno last. The Indian National Congress, which held its first gathering in 18oj. aimed to bo a political league of all the Indian races and religions; but,its critics allege that-it has become purely a Bengali league, and' that latterly it has left tho •consitutional path and has lent itself to "tho systematic creation of disaffection."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 5
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160REACTION IN INDIA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 5
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