Englishmen!  Who are Englishmen?  They are the present rulers of this country.  But how did they become our rulers?  By throwing the noose of dependence round our necks, by making us forget our old learning, by leading us along the path of sin, by keeping us ignorant of the use of arms....  Oh! my simple countrymen!  By their teaching adultery has entered our homes, and women have begun to be led astray....  Alas!  Has India’s golden land lost all her heroes?  Are all eunuchs, timid and afraid, forgetful of their duty, preferring to die a slow death of torture, silent witnesses of the ruin of their country?  Oh!  Indians, descended from a race of heroes!  Why are you afraid of Englishmen?  They are not gods, but men like yourselves, or, rather, monsters who have ravished your Sita-like beauty [Sita, the spouse of Rama, was abducted by the demon Ravana, and recovered with the help of the Monkey God Hanuman and his army of monkeys].  If there be any Rama amongst you, let him go forth to bring back your Sita.  Raise the banner of Swadesh, crying Victory to the Mother!  Rescue the truth and accomplish the good of India.

The Calcutta Yugantar argues that “sedition has no meaning from the Indian standpoint.”

If the whole nation is inspired to throw off its yoke and become independent, then in the eye of God and the eye of Justice whose claim is more reasonable, the Indian’s or the Englishman’s?  The Indian has come to see that independence is the panacea for all his evils.  He will therefore even swim in a sea of blood to reach his goal.  The British dominion over India is a gross myth.  It is because the Indian holds this myth in his bosom that his sufferings are so great to-day.  Long ago the Indian Rishis [inspired sages] preached the destruction of falsehood and the triumph of truth.  And this foreign rule based on injustice is a gross falsehood.  It must be subverted and true Swadeshi rule established.  May truth be victorious!

The Gujarat hails the Hindu New Year which is coming “to take away the curse of the foreigners":—­

Oh noble land of the Aryas, thou who wert so great art like a caged bird.  Are thy powerful sons, Truth and Love, dead?  Has thy daughter Lakshmi plunged into the sea? or art thou overwhelmed with grief because rogues and demons have plundered thee? ["Demons” is the term usually affected by Nationalist journalists when they refer to Englishmen.]

The Shakti declares that:—­

By whatever names—­anarchists, extremists, or seditionists —­those may be called who are taking part in the movement for independence, whatever efforts may be made to humiliate and to crush them, however many patriots may be sent to jail, or into exile, yet the spirit pervading the whole atmosphere will never be checked, for the spirit is so strong and spontaneous that it must clearly be directed by Divine Providence.

The following appears In the Kal (Poona):—­