The term occurs, for instance, in one of the most violent fly-sheets issued only a few months ago from a clandestine press in India, under the heading Yagantar, killing no murder:—
Rise up, rise up, O sons of India, arm yourselves with bombs, despatch the white Asuras to Yana's abode. Invoke the mother Kali; nerve your arm with valour. The Mother asks for sacrificial offerings. What does the Mother want? The cocoanut? No. A fowl or a sheep or a buffalo? No, She wants many white Asuras. The Mother is thirsting after the blood of the Feringhees who have bled her profusely. Satisfy her thirst. Killing the Feringhee, we say, is no murder. Brother, chant this verse while slaying the Feringhee white goat, for killing him is no murder: With the close of a long era, the Feringhee Empire draws to an end for behold! Kali rises in the East.
NOTE 11
HINDUS AND MAHOMEDANS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
Some statistics have been collected lately by the Moslem League with reference to the relative numbers of Hindus and Mahomedans employed in Government service in India. The figures are still subject to revision, and therefore can only be given as approximately correct. Moreover, the classification adopted does not seem to have been precisely the same in the different provinces. But even if a considerable margin is allowed for discrepancies which may yet have to be rectified, the figures quoted below for several important branches of the service are instructive:—
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF DEPUTY COLLECTORS, DEPUTY
MAGISTRATES, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS, &c.
Hindus. Mahomedans.
—————————————————+—————+———————
Bombay .. .. .. ..| 53 | 9
Madras .. .. .. ..| 61 | 7
Bengal .. .. .. ..| 265 | 59
Eastern Bengal .. .. ..| 136 | 49
Central Provinces .. .. ..| 60 | 24
United Provinces .. .. ..| 125 | 98
Punjab .. .. .. ..| 74 | 68
SUB-DEPUTY COLLECTORS, SUB-DEPUTY MAGISTRATES, &c.
Hindus. Mahomedans.
—————————————————+—————+———————
Bombay .. .. .. ..| 186 | 3
Madras .. .. .. ..| 151 | 11
Bengal .. .. .. ..| 165 | 33
Eastern Bengal .. .. ..| 107 | 39
Central Provinces .. .. ..| 52 | 16
United Provinces .. .. ..| 122 | 106
Punjab .. .. .. ..| 142 | 90