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MADAME CAMA |
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In America
After the conference in Germany concluded she came to America. To gain the support of the
people there for the sacred cause in which she was engaged she had to start a campaign. In
New York she explained her objects to press reporters who met her and they were full of
praise for her. She told the reporters that lakes and lakes of people in India,although
illiterate and suffering from hunger, loved their country. There was confidence and hope
in the voice of Madame Cama when she said that Indians would attain independence within a
few years and live in liberty, equality and brotherhood.It
was 28th October 1907. The Minerva Club had organized a meeting at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel. The speaker was Madame Cama. In her speech she said that Indians should be given
the political right to vote.
"People here may know of Russia. But they may not know much about conditions in
India. The British Government is adopting the practice of destroying people who are
educated and can think, or of sending them to jail. They are torturing the people and
driving them to hospitals in jails. We desire a peaceful atmosphere and not bloody
revolution. By proceeding in a non-violent manner as far as possible we have to overthrow
despotic rule" said Madame Cama. Also Madame Cama spoke at several places. She may be
called Mother India's representative to the United States of America. |
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