Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday June 21 1942

Grover having made himself sure that Gandhiji did not insist on the literal withdrawal of either the British or the troops now placing himself in the position of the Allies began to calculate the gains of the bargain. [...] But the Jagirdars would not arrange to do it regularly and often evaded with the result that the tenants suffered (b) the tenants also want the abolition of such cesses which have been declared illegal in the courts of the States. [...] If I do I would advise the adoption of non-violence to the utmost extent possible and that will be India's great contribution to the peace of the world and the establishment of a new world order I expect that with the existence of so many martial races in India all of whom will have a voice in the government of the day the national policy will incline towards militarism of a modified character [...] The tidings of the accident would fly from mouth to mouth to the other extremity of the village a mile distant; not only would every indivdual quickly know of it but have at the same time a vivid mental image of his fellow villager at the moment of the misadventure the sharp glittering axe falling on to his foot the red blood flowing from the wound; and he would at the same time feel the wo [...] " By this provision the United States in effect does not recognise a passport of the Government of China which is fully tantamount to not recognising the sovereign power of that country." " The only bar to immigration based on race " says the Encyclopaedia Brittanica " was the prohibition since 1888 of Chinese immigration and the practical exclusion of Japanese labourers by a gentlemen's agr