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 in the press node, however, is that of the fact that oollaoiiiona are being made in a vindictive spirib, The cultivators are being taughb a lesson for their contumacy so aalled. They are under threat bo lose their lands worth 3 ororea of rupees for an assessment) of 4: lakhs of rupees. la many oases a quarter of the assessment has been exacted as a penalty. Is there nob in the above narrative room for a doubt bhatj the officials may be in the wrong ?

END OF THE KAIRA STRUGGLE The following is the translation of a manifesto'issued in Gujarati to the people of Kaira by Messrs. MJ. Gandhi and Vallabhlhai J. Patel :

' The struggle fchab fcha people of the Distriob of Kaira entered upon OQ the 22ad of March last, has coma bo an end, The people took the following vow on that day :

" Our village has hadl oropa uader four annas. We therefore requested the Government to postpone collection to the next year, but they did 1106 do ao. We the undersigned therefore solemnly declare that we shall not pay the assessment for the year whether it be wholly or in part, We shall undergo all the sufferings that may resale from suoh refraining, We shall also allow our lands to be confiscated should they do so. But we shall not by voluntary payment allow ourselves to be regarded aa liars and thus lose our self-respect, If the Government would graciously postpone for all the remaining villages collection of the balance of the revenue, we, who can afford it, would be prepared to pay up revenue whether it be in full or in part. The reason why the well-to-do amongst ua would not pay is that if they do, the needy ones would out of fright sell their chattels, or incur debts and pay the revenue and thus suffer, We believe that it is the duty of the weU-to-do to pcoteot the needy against suoh^a plight."

The meaning of this vow is that the Government suspending collection of fche revenue from the poor, the well-to-do should pay the assessment due by them. The Mamlafedar of Nadiad at Uttarsanda, on the 3rd of June, issued auoh orders, whereupon the people of Ubtersanda

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