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THE JAINA GAZETTE their Captain. They should try to give up smok
ing as early as possible. (4) Every volunteer should wear only khadi and spin 100
yards of yarn daily. (5) The volunteers may not observe celibacy with their
own wives but they should treat all cther women
as their mothers, sisters and daughters. (6) The volunteers should sleep onls in their camps and
should not waste much time outside. (7) They must always be at their post. (8) They should be of good and moral character. If they
do national work with an impure conscience.
Swaraj will go further away from them. (9) They should be prepared for any kind of suffering,
eren to receive the bullets on their own chests.
What can the Jains do ? THE whole Indian Nation is fighting for Swaraj. Whether
1 the majority of the people is on the side of Mahatma Gandhi or not is not the question. The one movement which has any following worth the name, the one movement which has some sign of life in it and the one movement which advocates the cause of India's food-less and clothing-less children is the present Satyagraha movement led by that venerable old man Gandhiji. Gandhiji does not want any office for himself or his sons or his relatives. He does not want fame and name. He does not want praise or puja. On the other hand he has asked the people hundreds of times not to call him a "Mahatma'nor to garland him nor throw flowers at him. He has declared bimself several times to be an ordinary man, in no way better than the poorest man of his country. Then why should he take the trouble and responsibility of leading a fight at an advanced age with a very poor and frail constitution. He has come forward because he feels for his country people. He loves them one and all as his own brothers and sisters. He considers their misery to be his. The only way
to wipe off the misery and bring in happiness is through Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
