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 fore be better that she should either publish a verbatim report, if she has it, or reproduce such sentiments itt my speech as, in her opinion, necessitated her interrup- tion and the Princes' withdrawal.

I will therefore conclude this statement by repeat- ing what I have said before : that, but for Mrs, Besant's interruption, I would have concluded my speech in a few minutes and no possible misconception about my views on anarchism would have arisen.

REPLY TO KARACHI ADDRESS.

In reply to the welcome address presented by the Citizens' Association, Karachi, on February 29, 1916, Mr, Gandhi spokt in Hindi to the following effect :-

I am grateful 'to you all for this address and for what you have done ift connection with my visit and for the trouble you have taken therefor. I hive been travelling in various parts of India ; and in the course of my travels I have been struck with the fact that throughout India the hearts of the people are in a special degree drawn towards me. All brothers of Hindustan, without distinction of creed or caste, have been showing this attachment. But I fee) convinced that this remark- able attachment to me is meant not for me but as a fitting tribute of admiration to all those noble brothers and sisters of ours in South Africa who underwent cuch immense troubles and sacrifices, including incarceration in jails, for the service of the Motherland. It is un- doubtedly this consideration which leads you to be so very kind to me. It was they who won the struggle, and it was by reason of their unflinching determination to 4 do or die* that so much was achieved. Hence I take

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