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 fight against; G-nera! Snrmtp, ranged themselves round his banner in 1915 and fouglib undnr him in East Africa. 1$ was direob lotion in Ch^mr, i r an whioh removed an age- long grievance. A m^*k auhmiflj'on whan one is ohafing under a dhab-l'fcy o~ a rr'ov H ll. H which one would gladly gea removed, not only dooo not; ra*kn for unifey, but; make* the Wo^k party afid, ?ing-v snd preparps him for an opportunity to explode By a ! lying myself wifch the weak par'y, by r-aohin^ him direo\ firm, hut harmiesa action, I mike him fenl strong anH capable of defying fche phyaioal migho. Ha faelfl hraoer? for the struggle regains oonfidenoe in himself, and knowing that the remedy lioa wifcn himeelf, ceaHea to harbour fche spirit of revenge and yearns to be satisfied with a redress of the wrong he 19 seeking *?o remedy.

Ifi is working along the aam^ lino t-hat 1 have VsnMirel to 8U^g-^ti a m^morUI 'ibjnfe Jdllian wa! ( \ Ba^h. Trio writer in East and West ha* aflonbed to mo a proposal whioh has never Dnoe orossed my mind, He fehinkg that I want " to commemorate the shooting ab Jaliianwala Bagh," Nothing can be further from my %hout;ht5 fehan to perpetuate fche memory of a blaok deed. I oarepay that, before we have oorne to our own, we shall have a repetition of the tragedy and I will prepare the oabion for it by treasuring the memory of the innocent* dead. The widows and tho orphans have been and are being helped but we cannot "bless the souls of those who died without knowing why," if we will nofe acquire the ground whioh has been hollowed by innocent blood and there erect a suitable memorial for them. It is not to serve, if I can help it, as a reminder of foul deed but ift shall serve as an encouragement to the cation thai; if) is better feo die helpless and unarmed and as victims

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