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Bombay .. .. .. ..| 39 | 17
Madras .. .. .. ..| 127 | 10
Bengal .. .. .. ..| 110 | 16
Eastern Bengal .. .. ..| 56 | 15
Central Provinces .. .. ..| 23 | 2
United Provinces .. .. ..| 58 | 5
Punjab .. .. .. ..| 53 | 6
NOTE 12
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS SUBSIDIES TO ITS SUPPORTERS IN ENGLAND.
The following resolutions passed by the Indian National Congress show
that considerable financial support has been regularly given by that
body towards the expenses of its London organ, _India_, and of the
British committee it co-operates with.
MADRAS, 1898.
"That a sum of Rs.60,000 be assigned for the expenses of the British
Committee and the cost of the Congress publication _India_, and also for
the expenses of the Joint-General Secretary's Office, and that the
several circles do contribute, as arranged, either now or hereafter in
Committee for the year 1899."
AHMEDABAD, 1902.
"That with a view to meet the balance required to defray the expenses of
_India_ and the British Committee a special delegation fee of Rs.10 be
paid by each delegate in addition to the usual fee now paid by him with
effect from 1902."
MADRAS, 1903.
"That a sum of Rs.10,500 be assigned for the expenses of the British
Committee and that the several Congress circles do contribute the amount
allotted to each."
BOMBAY, 1904.
"That a sum of L700 be assigned for the expenses of the British
Committee and that the several Congress circles do contribute the amount
allotted to each."
NOTE 13
AN ENGLISH SOCIALIST "MANIFESTO."
The support given to Indian Nationalists by a certain class of
politicians in England goes sometimes to such lengths that the tolerance
extended to them is open to very serious question. For instance, in a
London newspaper which calls itself "the Organ of Social Democracy,"
_Justice_ there appeared on August 27 a "Manifesto" headed "The Infamies
of Liberal Rule in India," which contained, along with much
indiscriminate denunciation of British tyranny, the outrageous statement
that Savarkar, who is now undergoing trial in Bombay on grave charges,
including the abetment of murder, had been arrested in England "for an
alleged political offence, and in order that he might not
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