भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

[←2] This petition expressing the political views of the revolutionaries in general and Mr. V. D. Sawarkar in particular was written to the Government chiefly with the intention of pressing no sooner than the passage of the Reforms through the Parliament. For, Mr. Savarkar had several reasons to believe that the Government was then anxious to know what effect the bill would have on the revolutionist attitude. He was several times approached by the authorities there and invited to express his views. He was convinced that the Reforms were chiefly addressed to the revolutionists.