ion. We must take this lesson to heart, that if
we desire to hear more of the murder of British officials as
a token of the progress and vitality of the party we must
strengthen and establish centres of work in many foreign
countries. The circulation of revolutionary leaflets, journals,
and manifestoes should be looked upon as a sacred duty
by all patriots. We are not exaggerating the importance
of this work when we use that expression. Let us look upon
every leaf of revolutionary literature with almost superstitious
veneration and try to make it reach India by all
means in our power. For it is the seed of life of our
people, &c.

As to the importation of arms into India, the murder of Mr. Jackson,
"another Nationalist fete celebrated at Nasik amidst the rejoicings of
all true patriots," furnishes an occasion for similar exultation:--

We know that the hero possessed Browning pistols. Now
these pistols are not manufactured in India, but in Europe.
How have they been imported by the revolutionaries? It
is clear that this fact is a testimony to the efficiency of our
organization and the secrecy of our activity. Besides, the
imported arms are not the only weapons on which we have
to rely. Daggers can be manufactured in India out of sharp
nails to stab all vile agents of the British Government, English
or Indian.

Increased vigilance in this country as well as in the Indian Customs and
Post Offices is, however, beginning to check these importations, and
only two months later the _Bande Mataram_ was already compelled to
strike a less exuberant note. It declares, of course, that "our movement
cannot be repressed so long as there are patriotic Indians living under
other flags than the Union Jack," but it recognizes that the situation
"gives rise to anxious thought," and it winds up in a somewhat depressed
tone:--

We admit that for the present all active propaganda among
the young men of India with a view to the acquisition of new
workers is exceedingly difficult. But there are hundreds of
patriotic Indian students in America and Japan who can be
inspired with apostolic fervour if only some capable workers
are sent among them. The harvest is plenteous, but the
labourers are few. We should now realize that, even if the
Government succeeds in checkmating us in India at every
step, there is ample scope for work for several years among