Page:Speeches And Writings MKGandhi.djvu/520

 430 EARLIER INDIAN SPEECHES

are my direct, definite ai:d special contribution to the War. Ask me to suspend my activities in that direc- tion and you ask me to suspend my life. If I could popularise the use of soul-force, which is but another name for love-force in place of brute force, I know that I could present you with an India that could defy the whole world to its worst. In season and out of season, therefore, I shall discipline myself to express in my life this eternal law of suffering, and present it for acceptance to those who care, and if i take part in any other activity, the motive is two show the matchless superiority of that law.

Lastly, I would like you to ask His Majesty's Ministers to give definite assurance about Muhammadan States. I am sure you knew that every Muhammadan is deeply interested in them. As a Hindu, I cannot be indifferent to their cause. Their sorrows must be our sorrows, In the most scrupulous regard for the rights of those States and tor the Muslim sentiment as to the places of worship and your just and timely treatment of Indian claim to Home Rule lies the safety of the Empire. I write this, because I love the English Nation and I wish to evoke in every Indian the loyalty of Englishman.

RECRUITING FOR THE WAR

The following is the translation of Mr. M. K. Gandhi's address, delivered at a meeting in the District ofKaira in July 1918.

Sisters and Brothers of Kaira : You have just come successful out of a glorious Satyagraha campaign. You have, during it, given such evidence of fearlessness,

�� �