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Appendix 3
Mr Gandhi on Ahimsa (A) Had Lalt Lajpat Rat first ascertained what I bad actually said on Ahimsa, his remarks in the diodera Review for last July would not have seen the light of day Lalaji rightly questions whether I actually made the statements imputed to mc He says, that if I did not, I should have contradicted them in the first place, I have not yet soco the papers which have reported the rcmarks in question, or those in which my remarks were writidsed Secondl; I must confess that I rould not undertake to correct all the crrors that creep into reports that appear in thc public press about my speeches Lalajis article has been much quoted in the Gujrati newspapers and magazines and it is per haps as well for me to explain my position llith doo deference to Lalaji, I must join issue with lim when he says that the elevation of the doctrine of Ahimsa to tho highest position contributed to the downfall of India There seems to bo do histonal warrant for the belief
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