Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-18
EDITORS In PRISON
Indian AgltatOrS Insist on Publish
Ing Newspaper.
PAPER WIDELY CIRCULATED In SECRET
Six Successive Editors of Same Paper
Now in Prison But Others stand
Ready to Carry on the Work That
rbe;r Predecessors Had to Drop.

Washington, July o. ollce E"'''
Change but l Cannot Die That motto'
which now appears on the mimeo-
sraphed. Photographic issues of the In
dependent, published in Allahabad'
India, is proving as irritating TO the
British government in India as did the
title "Belgique Liber" to the Germans
during the occupation Of Belgium. Ihe
snirit that prompts the continued pub
ucation of the Indian paper is much
the same as that which inspired the
little group of Belgian patriots VINO
surreptitiousy published their denun-
Citations of German oppression; pu'
their methods are different.
Whereas the identity of the Belgian
editors and writer's was carefully con-
cealed, the editors Of the Indian paper
not only attempt no concealment, put
boast of their connection with the
paper and court arrest.
Until about two years ago the IN
dependent was one of the most widely
read papers in India, and for time
was under the editorship of Syud HOS
sain. one of the three Indian Moslems
sent to plead the cause Of Islam at the
drawing up of the Treaty of SeVres by
which the Allies dissected Turkey MI
Hossain is now touring this country
Several months ago the Independent
Offices were raided and the plant sei%-
ed the equipment being either con-
fiscated or destroyed. That IS why the
paper appears in its present FORM
successive raids having deprived the
editors Of even their typewriters.
SACRED Obligation"
With each raid another editor mas
been sent to prison. Their names ap-
pear beside the title, as an honor role
under the caption, "Our Editors IN
Jail" Devadas Gandhi, a son OF the
Non-Co-operation leader, is the fifth
of six successive editors to be sent 70
prison, and Pyarae Lal Mayer, editor
OF an issue dated May 10, which has
only recently reached the American
Commission to promote Self Govern
ment in India. seems confident that
he, too, will join the honor role
This is indicated by the following
paragraph which appears on the first
of the four pages, SX1U, which make
up the issue of May Is:
"Now a word about ourselves-oy
sending six editors to Jail in an almost
regular procession, the Independent
has established a record that any other
journal in the world might well envy.
But that is not enough; we feel tt TO
be our sacred obligation to keep inc
Aag of freedom uncovered till the
printed Independent comes out. 1t
may, be that the present editor 100
might have before long to follow in the
footsteps of his illustrious predeces-
sCrs: in that case we assure our
readers that men and women workers
are not wanting who are sworn TO
keep the tradition Of the journal intact
II is not without considerable hesita-
ton that we assume charge of the
paper ut the present moment wheh
everything seems to be in the melting
pot and troublous waters threaten TO
spread. Our only hope and prayer IS
that God, who has so long helped and
guided us, will continue to lead US
through this enduring gloom by His
kindly light once more we pray:
The night is dark and l am far from
c,1 rNI,n,, on -
Articles appearing in this issue OF
the Independent give succinct reports
of news matters Of Importance to the
Nationalists cause, the longest ac-
counts being devoted to the trials
of Devadas Gaudhi and other leaders.
Gandhi, like his famous father, VINO
several months ago was sentenced I"
serve six years in prison on charges
or circulating scditious articles, read
ily admitted authorship of a speech
cited against him, and declared that
under the present British rule in In
dia iail was the only fitting place FOR
a self-respecting man.
Because of limited facilities and the
manner in which the editors have been
harasscd, the written issues of the
Independent have been limited To
about 200 copies. These are dis
tributed to the more prominent Ma
tionalist leaders with the inJunctlo",
prominently written in the upper lci,
hand corner of the first page, 10
Multiply aLl Circulate" In this way
il is said. each issue grows from thc
original 200 copies to tens of thou-
sands, which are passed from hand 70
hand until they reach into the most
remote villages, where the uneducated
masses crowd around their lcttcrco
leaders to hear the --latest news
for, although it may have takcr
weeks. or even months, for the little
sheets to penetrate into the jungle
communities, they carry the first mes
sages from the outside.
Many other Indian papers suppress
ed by the British officials have follow
ed the example OF the lndepcnden
and are issuing holographic copies
Most of these are in the native tongue
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