Bryan : William Jennings (1860-1925), American Democrat opposed to imperialism became Secretary of State (1913-1915), after thrice failing to be elected President.
... "They have taken all which the natives possessed : their liberty, property, all held at the mercy of Government." But a few Britons saw the trouble that was brewing due to the Government's policy. Bryan said of British rule in India during the Swadeshi days: "Let no one cite India as an argument in defence of colonialism.... He [the Briton] has conferred some benefits upon India, but he has extorted ...
... not hint that to bring Christianity or Mahomedanism into contempt or hatred is sedition. And we have these remarkable cases in the Punjab, where to translate Seeley's Expansion of England or Mr. Bryan's opinion of British rule in India seems to have a fair chance of being established as sedition. Mr. Stead's Review of Reviews is now known to be a seditious publication. We are not sure, either, that ...
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