"What an extraordinary spectacle!" referring to the release of Mrs.
Besant and the regret expressed by Sir Michael O'Dwyer,
'Of a sentimental weak-kneed Government'
If this is not showing contempt for the Government I do not know what
contempt is. This is not all: there is an alarming fact expressed in
some of these speeches. Some of the speakers have stated that the civil
servants and the military officers are entirely in sympathy with them
in their resistance to any kind of self-government being granted to
this country.