Amritsar and Our Duty to India

No event Within living memory, probably, has made so deep and painful an impression on the mind Of the public in this country as what has become known as the Amritsar Massacre. This is not surprising, for the event itself is Without parallel. The British mind was shocked by, and indignant at, the Congo atrocities and the frightful deeds perpetrated by the Germans in France and Belgium – to mention two out standing instances. But it was a new experience to learn Of revolting atrocities committed by British Officers, and to learn of them at first hand from the mouths Of the perpetrators themselves, in frank, brutal, and Often boastful, language. The relation by General Dyer of the manner and circumstances in which he performed what he conceived to be a horrible duty, and 7.