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1905 . His Highness the Gapk.war of Baroda. to all the Jains of India & when they latelymet,tat Baroda, in the Third Jain Swetamber Conference. The son yied with father and Yuvraj Fateh Singh Rao was not a bit less enthusiastic in his behaviour towards the Jains: rather the son precededthe father in as much as the former opened the Conference Exhibition on the 24th of November, 1904, whereas the latter formally opened the proceedings of the Conference on the 27th of November, 1904. The presence of the Maharajah, the Mabarani, their sons, ministers and high state officials, in the Conference Mandap on the first and third days; the Maharajah's prolonged stay in the Mandap both days; his visit to the Conference Exhibition; his minute enquiry into and approbation of the religious articles placed for show in the stalls of the Exhibition; his condescending to be photoed along with the Jain graduates; his princely donation of Rs. 1000 towards the ConferenceFund, bis desiring the Yuvaraj to show his colors with the Jain speakers on the dais; and above all, his encouraging and truly syropathetic words—well worth preserving in letters of gold "No religious scruples and jealousies had been formerly tolerated in this (Baroda) state, nor will they be tolerated now and hereafter; all religions are in common with me, and it is the bounden duty of the Rajah to dcfend all religions; I never take Jainism to be separate from my religion and therefore whatever I have done, I do not think it to have done more", uttered while replying to the thanks given to him for his kind presence in the Conference, his sympathy with the Jain religion, and his princely treatment in the shape of the cessation of custom dues, the free supply of chairs, tents, state band, Police, state coaches for distinguished Conferencemen &c. &c.; these and similar other considerations on the part of the Maharajah have greatly endeared him to the whole Jain Community.
Considering upon the present times, it would not be out of place to say that Maharajah Siyaji Rao is a worthy successor of Maharajah Koomarpal to the throne of Patan in which city is still to be found a large number of Jain Millionaires. Encouraged by the help given by the Gaekwar to the Third Jain Conference, the Jains of Patan have invited the next Conference to their town. The two consecutive Conferences being held in the dominions of Baroda speak in high favour of the Gaekwar. We hope Patan may also be forturiate to be honored by its ruler at the time of the Fourth Jain Conference, where an in :spection of the numerous costly temples and Jain Laibraries would
