On December 1st, Mr. Surendranath Banerjea says:
"Nothing less will satisfy the people of India or redeem the honour of
England.... Real power must be given to us. No shams or delusions will
satisfy us. We have had enough of them.... None of that taking away
with the one hand what is given with the other."
Then on the 2nd of December, he says:
"Let it be clearly understood that the Congress-League scheme
represents the irreducible minimum which admits of no curtailment
here or excision there and then which no more moderate demand can be
conceived under the circumstances."
It seems to me, gentlemen, that a scheme more moderate than the
Congress League scheme can be conceived and Mr. Surendranath Banerjea
of to-day has conceived that (laughter). Then on December 12th, he says:
"Too long have we been given the shadows of things--empty forms--which
may please the infantile mind, but which the adolescent nation spurns
away as a child's plaything.... Not only should justice be done, but
that the people should be convinced of it, ... not only should the
Government be satisfied, but that the people should be convinced that
a substantial measure of responsible government has been granted."