"If the Kaiser came to Calcutta what would all the talk of freedom of
individual, of the liberty of the subject, of the right of this people
or that people to self-determination, of this constitutional reform or
that constitutional reforms--what would be the value of all such talk
if the Kaiser came to Calcutta?"
Again, I say, we are in complete agreement with His Excellency, the
Governor of Bengal. I believe, if the Kaiser came to this country
to-morrow there would be no talk of liberty of the subject, of the
right of freedom of the individual and of constitutional rights and
that is the very reason why I am personally interested in not letting
the Kaiser come to Calcutta (Laughter) and that is the very reason why
we have been asking the Government again and again, why our leaders
have asked the Government repeatedly, to do away with these repressive
measures to call forth loyalty, not lip-loyalty but real and genuine
loyalty--not loyalty to the Bureaucracy but to the Empire. You cannot
call that up by sweet words alone, we want deeds--and as I say, this
can be done by a stroke of the pen to-morrow if you really want to do
it. (Hear, Hear and Laughter.)