WITH FOREWORD BY BABU MOTILAL GHOSE ( Editor, A. B. Patrika. ) GANESH & CO., MADRAS. THE CAMBRIDGE PRESS, MADRAS First Edition November, 1917 Second Edition May, 1918 Enlarged Edition April, 1921 OM FOREWORD When the Publishers asked me for a Foreword to this small volume of Speeches by Mr. C. R. Das, I readily acceded to their request, both from personal and public considerations. Personally I have known Mr. Chitta Ranjan Das from the days of his youth. His father, the late Babu Bhuban

HINDU MAHOMEDAN MASS MEETING On the 7th October 1917, an enthusiastic Mass Meeting was held at Calcutta, when Mr. C. R. Das as Chairman of the meeting spoke as follows :— Gentlemen,—When this morning Mr. Akran Khan called upon me to request me to preside over this meeting, I felt it was a call of duty to which I must respond. My heart is filled with gladness to find that on this platform and at this meeting Hindus and Mahomedans of Calcutta have met together to fight their common battle. Indeed