Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07

tributed TO popular prejudice, but a
STUDY of recent events III that province
discloses u deeper reason. Tne Ben
gall leaders made no secret of their
cnagrin at the resolute exclusion Of the
extremists from the Madras congress
Ihey have mace 1t plain tnat 1t was
not their intention to regard the matter
as closed. Al the Bengal provincial
conference, held at hugh, the leaders
of Dotn sections of pollLics TOOK part
The conference was by no means
harmonious gathering, though the
"Bengall,' for reasons of its own, pro-
fesses to believe it prepared the
ground Tor u united congress-" The
election OF Sir Pherozeshan Mehta or
Dr. Goknale TO the presIaentship
would pe an insuperable obstacle to
the inclination to set at naught the
rules OF the AIlahabad convention, and,
therefore, To the much cherished idea OF
"a united congress" Hence the at
tempt to boycott these two leaders. The
attempt has failed, but it does not
follow that the Bengalls will not seek
to admit the extremists.
Reformers Meet Opposition
The Madras congress was held too
soon after the Allahabad convention
To make concerted action against the
newly framed constitution easy. The
real trial will be at Lahore and, as
things stand, IL does not seem that
the constitutional reformers will find
the opposition as plant as it was in
Madras, where the local feeling ran
strongly in favor OF the moderates The
"Benaree," a well conducted congress
journal published at Banldpur, vig-
ously contests the "Bengalfs" state
ment that the Hugh conference has
paved the way to u united congress.
on the contrary, according to the
'Beharee," the proceedings at the con-
ference only proved that the moderates
have not the least influence with the
extremists. Several of the native
papers have warmly advocated the
selection of Sir Pherozeshah.
Miss IL. Marjoribanks, a resident of
Coonoor, who recently was molested on
the highway by native, has made a
complaint before the divisional of
ficer. At 8 o'clock one morning, ac-
cording to this statement, she was fol-
lowed on Tiger Hill road, lonely spot, |
by a native of suspicious appearance. |
She went on rapidly to avoid him, but !
was overtaken and seized. A keen |
struggle ensued, but after a few min |
utes she was set at liberty. She then |
continued her journey, but the native |
again followed her. Finally, Miss Mar |
joribanks climbed upon a high bank |
ana told the native she would jump |
down II he continued to follow her.
Miss Marjoribanks, in her confusion,
actually jumped off the bank and was
severely injured. At this juncture Mr..
Dashe, the sanitary inspector, drove
by, and she was put in his dog cart
and brought to her residence The
native complained OF was in European
costume.
Plan Annual Congress
The native politicians are now en-
gaging in a keen controversy over the
for the annual congress
TO be held this year at Lahore. TheI
light at present centers around the
election of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta as
president. This took place at a meet
ng of the congress reception commit
zee, except Bengal and Burma, which
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta as
president. Burma had recommended
he Honorable Mr.. Khare, while Ben
sal had recommended Nawab Ma
1cmed, who has expressed his un-
to stand. subsequently,
hey found it stated in the newspapers
hat Bengal recommended. Mr.
Nath Banerjee, but no official
ntimation of this had been received by
he reception committee.