Young India Pamphlet, September 1919
Young India
The struggle of the people of India for freedom from
bondage should enlist the support of every
American. Their wrongs—and their pre-
sent aspirations—are similar to those
of America in the days of ’76
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. J. T. Sunderland, Chairman and Editor
Mr. H. R. Mussey (Managing Editor, The Searchlight)
Mr. B. W. Huebsch (President, The Freeman)
Mr. Francis Hackett (Literary Editor, The New Republic)
Miss Frieda Kirchwey (Associate Editor, The Nation)
Miss Signe Toksvig, Secretary (Assistant Editor, The New Republic)
ART SECTION
Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy, Art Editor,
Keeper of Indian Art in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Published monthly by that group of Lovers of Liberty that wishes
Freedom for all oppressed peoples and that works towards that result.
Entered as second class matter September 21, 1919, at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879
What Prominent Congressmen Think
Senator A. J. Gronna, of North Dakota:
I have been a reader of your paper Young India for nearly a year, and I am very much interested in the questions discussed in it, which I find to be not only interesting but inspiring.
The world war has left us in a bewildering condition, and we must face the situation calmly and with deliberation, but to one whose sympathy is extended to people in the ordinary walks of life the question of Young India is one which merits the consideration of all liberty-loving people.
I trust that your little paper will continue to increase so that the great mission you have undertaken will spread the gospel of truth to the peoples of the civilized world.
Senator G. W. Norris, of Nebraska:
For some months I have been a reader of your magazine Young India. I most sincerely wish that every citizen of the United States would read this magazine. Our people do not realize the conditions of millions of people of India, and do not appreciate the effort that is being made through the instrumentality of this magazine, to bring liberty to such a vast number of people, who are striving now, and have been for years, for enlightenment and education. The magazine throws great light into the dark places of civilization. You are doing a great work, and I most earnestly hope that success may crown your efforts.
Senator Joseph I. France, of Maryland:
I am deeply interested in the future of India, and I believe that the aspirations of the people of India for self-determination are proper and legitimate ones, and therefore the work of your organization toward the realization of these aspirations cannot but be of benefit. I have read with much interest and profit your publication Young India, and I feel that you are rendering a valuable service in acquainting the people of America with the grave problems which confront the people of India.
Congressman William E. Mason, of Illinois:
I certainly wish success to your magazine Young India. I despise any nation that seeks to govern any other nation without its consent.… We spend four dollars per capita a year for the education of the Filipinos, while England spends one cent and a half per capita in India. I wish the people of America could know the injustice and hypocrisy of British Rule in India. Young India can help to inform us and I wish you success.
Congressman John M. Baer, of North Dakota:
If the world is to be rid of Imperialism and militarism, the British Imperialist policy should be exposed with increasing vigilance everywhere. The American public is most in need of education in the fact that British domination of India is most unjustified and cruel. The facts you give in Young India tell this story in a manner at once simple and forcible.
What Prominent Editors Think
Oswald Garrison Villard, Editor, The Nation:
I have found Young India indispensable in my newspaper work. We file it regularly and frequently refer to it. It seems to us a model of a magazine that is frankly propagandist.
Francis Hackett, Literary Editor, The New Republic:
With simple directness Young India is putting before Americans the irresistible case for Indian self-determination. It is up-hill work because there is no popular association between the United States and India, but it is the kind of work which every western democrat should want to see assisted. Unless India comes into the world commonwealth as a self-determined nation, regardless of the special interests of the British Empire, the future of the world is poisoned. Of this tremendous fact Young India is the still small voice.
Norman Thomas, Editor, The World Tomorrow:
So great is American ignorance about Asia, so biased is most of the information that we do get, and so tremendously important for us and for our children is it that we should know the truth about the oldest civilizations still existing upon the earth, that I welcome any magazine which sheds light upon conditions in China or India.
Young India gives Americans information about economic and political affairs in India which are usually suppressed by the daily papers; therefore, I wish it long life and success.
John Haynes Holmes, Editor, Unity:
Young India is a paper which is indispensable to those who would keep in touch with events in India and follow the progress of the great movement there for national self-dependence. The magazine is ably edited, has articles each month of importance, and reports accurately and fully all items of important news. All friends of India and her cause should help to sustain this admirable publication.
Charles W. Erwin, Editor, The New York Call:
The people of America greatly need enlightenment regarding the people of India and their economic and social condition. Your magazine, Young India, is doing a good service in giving this information, and should have great success in bringing about a better understanding between the East and the West.
Henry R. Mussey, Managing Editor, The Searchlight:
I am glad to see that I personally find Young India very useful. In bringing attention to material not commonly published in this country, dealing with India, and especially in presenting the point of view of an influential section of Hindu opinion, it appears to me to be serving the important cause of better international understanding. Every one who has at heart the cause of democratic progress must, I think, appreciate the manner in which you are striving to bring about the development of India toward self-government and an intimate place in the family of free nations.
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