The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

. e. A.l Il - l.4. .sa4- 4-4f Magistrate. Aiiahabad charging Babu Ram Hari, editor printer and publish CT of "Swariya," with sedition in re- spect of two articles, entitled respec- lively Bomb and Boycott' and The Tyrant. a Political Ode, which ap- peared in that paper. A warrant was issued for the .accnsed's arrest shanti Narayan, a former. editor of this ver- nacular paper. isy at present undergo. ing sentence : of three and half years rigorous simpfisonment on two charges of sedition.
 Indian Gatherings.
 Since the inauguration of the Swade- shi movement the Hindu and Moslem leaders, of Calcutta have held Hindu and Moslem social gatherings. on stils Id day. the great Mohammedan festi- val. This year an I'd, reunion was held in the house of Lieutenant Colonel U. N. Mukherti, I. M :y s. (retiredl. at ss Mirzapur. Street. pr. MukherJf Is the eldest son -in-law of Mir, surendranath Banerjifi and this. year he came for yard to be used as'~the meeting place. .Invitations to the gathering were is- sued in the names of Abdur Rasui, Ab- .dul Halim .Gaznavi. barrister-at-law, and Babu Krishna Kumar Mitter, edi- tor of the hSanjfbani." A large num- Der of leading Hindus and Moslems met on this occasion. Near by Is a strong hold of the anti-Hindu Moslems, and some MosIam gentlemen tried to dis suade others from joining the meeting. This attempt was,s however fEuitless. -Babu Nityananda Shaha, who is & small cause court pieader and a noted gym mast and trapezIst. came with his syms nastic-sarid concert parties, and enter 5tained the large audience with music and gymnastic and balancing feats National songs were put on two of, Mir. Caznawfs granophones. DF. Abdul Gaffur distributed Nurjahan altar and rose water, and bIrt (indIgenons cigar .ettes1 and betel were supplied by Mir. Mukherji himself.
 e Monlvi Abdul Hessain said they had met there to do good to the country and not to fight with anybody. If they fought at all they would not fight with physical weapons their. fight would be religious and bioodless fight. Pas. sive resistance was their only weapon. He told his. hearers. that he used to wear Austrian fezzes. but had now dis carded them for swadeshi caps, and further said that by the order of the Caliph (Sultan) of constantinopie. and by the united voice of the Turks, fezzes and enamelled articles had been boy. CVtAUur IVY dAt 4AOHfcLtS :, 1GC&hoG AuGy were made in Austria, the people of which country were trying to harass the Turks All true MosleHs, the speaker continued, should, If they had any respect for the Caliph. strictly boycott the .fezzeS and enamelled goods they formerly bought to wear. A M6s- lem gentleman in the crowd at once threw down his fez. and sfiouted out that he would never again touch an Austrian cap. or Austrian enamelled wares. Other Moslenas, who had fezzes, At once followed his example. The speaker. continuing; said if the Mos lens boyootted fezzes' and enamelled wares and used Indian caps and other Indian made goods, a large sum of money would remain in the country.
 The speakers all declared that the fi1ovemeilt in India aimed at developing self government, and not chanse of foreign masters. not even Japan. They wanted India for the indiana