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 South Africa from being crushed out of existence altogether. Do not let us be discouraged by a telegram which appeared the other day in papers about some Indians in Durban opposing this passive resistance movement and wanting to submit quietly to the indignities of the new position. When we think of suffering which will have to be endured and ruin that may have to be faced, is it any wonder knowing ourselves as we do that some Indians in South Africa should shrink from the ordeal? Is not the wonder rather this that so many men and women, Hindus, Mahomedans and Parsees, well-to-do and poor, should come forward to undergo sacrifice?   By BABU MOTILAL GHOSE

Be it borne in mind that the Indian labourers under the leadership of a saintly character like Mr. Gandhi and several other selfless and noble-hearted Indians and Europeans, are fighting not only for themselves but also for their motherland and the British Empire, nay, for humanity itself. Indeed the unparalleled spirit of self-sacrifice and heroic endurance they are displaying is bound to elevate the soul of every man who has a drop of humanity in him.

