The Tilak case was continued to-day [February 20, in London]. Addressing the jury Sir E. Carson declared that the case ought to have been tried in India. Mr. Tilak ought certainly to have the verdict if he deserved it but Sir E. Carson emphasised the result of such a verdict on the Government of India and white officials in India. Mr. Tilak had the most profound British justice and before giving the verdict the jury ought to take into account the whole of Mr. Tilak’s actions since 1893. Sir J. Simon pointed out that when Mr. Tilak was tried for sedition in Poona in 1897 not a word was said about the murder. Of Mr. Rand also the Government in Bombay confirmed Tilak’s election to the Legislative Council. He was not seeking to justify everything Mr. Tilak had done but even the devil should have his due. The case was adjourned.
