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 fore your revenue mueb be suspended. The Government* say bhab ib is nob your right, bub ib is only a graoe fchab ib suspends revenue bill the next) year. Lab me declare to you thab ib ia no graoe on the parb of Government;, bub ib is your righb, And if ib ia a graoe Government} oannofc show ib ab ibs sweeb will."

He then pointed oub that the real significance of the struggle lay in the faob bhab ib would revive the old village republics, The key of village self-governmenb lay in bhe assertion of public opinion. Ha than exhorted them Co be fearless. Ha than said that! Satyagraha, must) pervade through all their life.

BEPLY TO KAIRA PBESS NOTE Mr. M. K. Gandhi sent the following reply to the press note issued by the Bombay Government in the first week of May t 1913, on the situation in the Kaira District, Tbe Government pressi note on the Kaira trouble is remarkable for tha siaa both of omission and oommiaaion. As bo the paragraph devoted to Messrs. Parekb's and Petal's investigations, I wish only to say thab ab tha interview with His Excellency bhe Governor, the Com- missioner challenged the accuracy of their statements. I immediately suggested the appointmanb of a oommibtea of inquiry. Surely, ib wa-i bha mosb proper thing bhab bha Government could have done, and the whole of bbe un- aeemly executions, bhe removal of bhe cultivators' miloh oabfcia and bhair ornaments, tha confiscation ordare, could hava baen avoided. Insdead, as the press nota says, they Boated a Collector f of long experience.' What could ha do ? The best of officials hava to move in a vicious circle, They have- bo carry oub the tradibions of a service which,

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