Harijan Ahmedabad - Sunday June 7 1942

The village people made all the arrangements for the reception of the guests and for the huge meeting which was attended by about 10000 people including Harijans from neigbouring villages and for a bhajan party in the sabha-mandapa of the temple in which also Harijans took part. [...] He reported the matter to the police ' but the owner of the hotel a government licencee reported the matter to the Tahsildar who ordered the young man to pay Rs. [...] Hate is the predominant feeling." Another correspondent who happened to inteview a high placed Indian official with regald to the behaviour of the soldiers sends a report' of the talk he had with this official : " With regard to the question of compensation he told me that the government were not' responsible for the deeds and misdeeds of their servants when off duty and therefore the question [...] We want to build up the muscles of the body but we also want to build up the muscles of the will and the intellect. [...] I know that neither the rulers nor public opinion understand the implications of my proposal." " But " asked a friend " have we not to see that the remedy may not be worse than the disease ? There will be in the course of the resistance in spite of all our will to prevent them clashes and resultant anarchy.