CHAPTER XIII
THE COUNTRY'S MISFORTUNE
The Lion when struck to the heart gives out his mightest roar;
When smitten on the head, the cobra lifts its hood;
And the majesty of the soul comes forth only when a man i& wounded unto his depths.
Swami Vivekananda.
THE arrest of Mr. Tilak, though it caused widespread grief and resentment did not surprise anybody. What however extremely surprised all was that such a mild and innocent article as that of May 12th, 1908 had been selected for prosecuting Mr. Tilak under Sections 124 A and 153 A of the Indian Penal Code. The Government of Bombay seem to have realised the risk of getting conviction on the article of May 12th and so, another sanction to prosecute Mr. Tilak for publishing the leading article in the Kesari of June 9th entitled " These remedies are not lasting " was given, a fresh warrant was issued and executed on Mr. Tilak in jail; and by two separate orders was Mr. Tilak committed to the Criminal Sessions of the Bombay High Court on June 29th, 1908.
Mr. Tilak's misfortunes did not end here. On July 2nd, an application for bail, made on his behalf by Mr, Jinnah before Mr. Justice Davar was rejected and this was the more curious, as eleven years back, Mr. Davar
