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PREFACE
The present booklet is a reprint of the Special Articles which appeared in the "Bombay Chronicle" in connection with the dispute of the Palitana Durbar with the Jain Community. The Articles appeared, unavoidably, owing to the exigencies of a daily newspaper, at intervals; so that there is reason to apprehend that the continuity of impression to the dispassionate reader must have been broken. It is with a view to correct this want of continuity, and to give in one handy booklet the collective view of all the facts bearing upon the dispute, that the present pamphlet has been published.
The text of the articles is practically as it appeared in the "Bombay Chronicle”, with the exception of the remarks in two places relative to the order of the Hon'ble Mr. Watson passed after the series, as originally designed, had been completed. These remarks were necessary to add, if only to bring the matter up to date.
The writer's thanks are due particularly to the managing representatives of Seth Anandji Kalianji, whose courtesy placed at the disposal of the writer and in the cause of due publicity, the necessary documents and informations bearing upon the case. This acknowledgment of the
