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LORD GLADSTONE

Mr. Gandhi has shown a single·minded devotion to his cause which has won the admiration of all who understand the difficulty and danger ot the position. [Letter to the Chairman of the Reception Committee at the Hotel Cecil, London, 8th August, 1914].

THE HON. Mr. JAMESON

As for Mr. Gandhi, he would leave behind him a high reputation of whole-heartedness of purpose, of healthy ambition and self-sacriHce, and of everything which an Englishman respected in the making of a man. [At a Farewell Meeting at Durban, July, 1914.]

Indian Opinion — South Africa, 1914

It has been our lot to bid farewell to many a friend during the years this journal has been in existence, but never before have we experienced such a sense of loss as we do at the present moment by the departure of Mr. Gandhi and his dear wife to India. Mr. Gandhi’s associations with this paper and the Phoenix Settlement have been so intimate that we cannot trust ourselves to make any lengthy reference to his various activities on our behalf. Mr. Gandhi is a part of ourselves; his life has been our life; his ideals ours. It is not possible to express in printed words our feelings on this occasion. He has been "a guide, philosopher and friend" and, what is much more, a brother in whom we have confided our joys and sorrows, our hopes and fears. We venture to say that his influence upon us will remain even though his physical body is removed to a distance. We only hope that our feeble efforts on behalf of the Indian community and the Empire will possess some spark of the greatness of purpose, nobleness of mind and selflessness of character that have so marked the life of Mr. Gandhi. Mrs. Gandhi has played the part of both mother and sister and we shall ever remember her with affection and esteem.

SIR HENRY COTTON

Mr. Gandhi had practically won the battle he had been fighting and was returning to India to resume, as they all hoped, the practice of his profession under happier auspices than it had been his fate to enjoy in South Africa, and to meet the thousands of his countrymen by whom his name would never be forgotten. [Farewell in London].

Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS, M.P.

The work which Mr. Gandhi had at heart was mainly accomplished as far as South Africa was concerned, although it might remain to be more completely fulfilled in other parts of the Empire. He should like to take the opportunity of thanking Mr. Gandhi for