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 the recommencement of the struggle; arrest and imprisonment; Indian Home Rule written, 1908; visit to England, 1909; 1911 settlement; Gokhale’s visit to S. Africa; repudiation of promise to repeal the £3 poll tax, 1913; recommencement of the great Passive Resistance struggle; its success; visit to England, 1914; raises Ambulance Corps in London, 1914; return to India, 1915; other recent incidents referred to in the statement before the Court (See p. 1049) ; arrest and imprisonment.

A few words about the journal Young India will, we think, be also of interest to the readers. The history of Young India has a piquant interest. It was started originally by Mr. Jamnadas Dwarkadas, a young Bombay politician, who, wavering between the lead of Mr· Gandhi and that of Mrs. Besant, ultimately accepted that of the latter and became one of the most uncompromising opponents of the Non-co-operation Movement. It then came into the hands of a syndicate of whom Mr. Shankerlal Banker was a member. When Mr. Horniman was deported and the Bombay Chronicle was put under censorship, public life in Bombay needed the services of Mahatmaji. Young India was, therefore, put under his charge. After the Bombay Chronicle got back its freedom, Mahatmaji found it necessary to shift it to Ahmedabad (see p. 1) for reason mentioned on p. 2 and take over complete charge of the paper. He stopped all advertisments through Young India and determined to carry it on only so long as it paid its way without them. The High Court of Bombay once tried to extort an apology from the Mahatmaji, which it was impos-