INDIAN SEDITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9546, 19 July 1909, Page 5

INDIAN SEDITION.

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE MURDERS. A FRANK STATEMENT. Received July 18, 5 p.m. LONDON, July 17. Krishnavarma. in a Fetter to "The Time 3," declares that he had no connection with Sir W. Wyllie's murder, but frankly admits that he approves of the deed, and considers the author was a martyr in the cause of Indian independence.

Krishnavarma is a man of great influence among: the Indian community. In a letter written to "The Times" (London) last Miireh by Mr Virendranath Chattopadhvaya, the wnter refers to him as follows: —"Though we may all question the soundness of his reason or his judgment, we cannot call into question his intellectual honestv. But what we have a decided ritrht to resent is this, that he deliberately utters the falsehood of identifying: himself with the party that stands for the principles of Indian Nationalism. He may call himself bv whatever name he pleases, but he is not, in any sense of the word, a nationalist. He has never hp»n nrcepted as a leader, even bv a small minority in India, although duriner his soventeen vears' residence in this country be has striven hard by. 'patrioici gfts' to take part in a great movement that absolutely and categorically refuses his guidance." Krishnavarma's reply to this wa«: —"Surelv everyone acquainted with Indian politics knows that Nationalism in the case cf India means complete separation from England, and that Indian Nationalists desire to shake off the foreign yoke. I am, of course, a Nationalist in that sense. I havp never posed as a leader. I represent no one but myself, and my views and mv paper, the "Indian Sociologist," tnav be taken tor what they are worth."