The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-28

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an Indian Communist and urged the
organization Of labor for economic
and political ends. Since that time,
he has devoted himself to the organ
ization of "The Labor and Kishan
Party of Hindusthan," with an open
program and statues calling for a
minimum Socialist program, and to
the publication of the legal organ Of
that party, "The Labor and Kishan
Gazette" The proclaimed principle
Of his creed is non-violent, non-co-op-
Grafton applied to the domain of work
ing class agitation and organization,
in conformity with the resolution
adopted to that effect by the Indian
National Congress at Gaya, which ap-
pointed a Committee for Labor Or
ganization of which he is a member.
He holds various other public posts.
Mr. S. R. DANCE, of Bombay, is a
young man under thirty, Editor Of
1.-THE Socialist" a weekly journal de-
voted to the propagation of theoretical
Marxism and to the ideas of Birth
Control and various other radical
movements well within the law Of
British India. He is one of the or
ganizers and founders of the Social
Democratic Club of Bombay, and au-
thor of several books and pamphlets,
among them brochure entitled Can
dhi versus Lenin." He too was a
Congressman and Non-Co-operator,
weII-known to his province and re-
spected for his intelligence, ability
and integrity to principle.
OF the other accused, one, Mr.. r. l..
Sharma, is political refugee in
French India, previously identified
with the nationalist movement before
forced to fly the country and seek
shelter from British persecution on
alien soil, where he has remained for
nearly fourteen years; three others,
Maula Baksh, Muzaffar Ahmed, and
Ahmad Nalin Das Gupta have been
languishing in prison without trial or
charge for an indeterminate period
until suddenly hauled out in connec-
ton with the present proceedings,
while the last, Ghulan Hossain, is
respected Professor Of Lahore who
has won the esteem of his fellows dur
ing his professional career, and is the
author Of several books on Social and
Economic subjects, as well as former
editor of a monthly theoretical jour
nal devoted to the ideas of Marx.
This in brief, is the character Of the
victims of the present attempt to
choke all efforts in behalf of the In
dian working class towards political
and economic betterment, under the
vulgar charge Of conspiracy" For
the crime of having studied, thought
and wrote about the conditions OF
| the Indian proletariat and peasantry,
and for having advocated various
ways and means for their emancipa-
ton, (for the accused were not united
into a single group, nor did they rep
resent a single tendency or organized
movement), these eight individuals
are to be condemned, undefended, to
| the maximum penalty of the law. 1T
lis SIGNIFICANT THAT NO LAW
YER HAS COME FORWARD TO DE-
FEND THEIR CASE.-THE FIRST
CASE ON RECORD IN THE INDIAN
COURTS AGAINST THE DEFEND
ERS OF THE INDIAN WORKING
CLASS. So little is the true nature
and gravity of the issue understood
in India, that the cause of~the Indian
masses will be allowed to go by de-
fault, on a snap judgment and
trumped-up evidence, and charge that
could not be substantiated in court
of law in any other part of the EN-
pire.
WILL THE BRITISH GOVERN
MENT AND THE BRITISH PROBE
TARIAT PERMIT THIS EMANCIPA-
TION MOVEMENT OF THE INDIAN
MASSES TO BE WIPED OUT BY
THE METHODS OF CZARIST AUTO
CRAZY? THE FATE OF THREE
HUNDRED MILLION WORKERS
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