# The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi/Volume 5

November 1905 – October 1906

## Volume V
### 1905
#### November 1905

* A Painful Discovery (4-11-1905)
* Divide and Rule (4-11-1905)
* Dada Osman's Appeal (4-11-1905)
* Lord Metcalfe (4-11-1905)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (6-11-1905)
* Cable to King-Emperor (Before 9-11-1905)
* Long Live the King-Emperor (11-11-1905)
* An Indian Delegation to England (11-11-1905)
* Immigration Act of Natal (11-11-1905)
* Red Tape (11-11-1905)
* Russia and India (11-11-1905)
* Sir T. Muttuswami Aiyer, K. C. I. E. (11-11-1905)
* An Indian Volunteer Corps (18-11-1905)
* Treatment of Indians at the Point (18-11-1905)
* Johannesburg Location (18-11-1905)
* Instructions Regarding Permits to Transvaal Indians (18-11-1905)
* Japan and the British Colonies (18-11-1905)
* The Cape Immigration Law (18-11-1905)
* Mountstuart Elphinstone (18-11-1905)
* Telegram to Sir Arthur Lawley (After 24-11-1905)
* The Poll-Tax (25-11-1905)
* Mr. Harry Smith and Indians (25-11-1905)
* Badruddin Tyabji (25-11-1905)
* Deputation to Lord Selborne (29-11-1905)

#### December 1905

* Retrenchment and the Poll-Tax (2-12-1905)
* Sir Arthur Lawley as Governor of Madras (2-12-1905)
* Indian Volunteering (2-12-1905)
* Indians in Durban Corporation Service (2-12-1905)
* Modern Civilization (2-12-1905)
* Attack on Yellow Skin (2-12-1905)
* Immigration Act of Natal (2-12-1905)
* The Heroic Song of Bengal (2-12-1905)
* Lord Selborne and British Indlans (9-12-1905)
* Extract from Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (11-12-1905)
* The Immigration Act at the Cape (16-12-1905)
* The C. S. A. R. and Passenger Traffic (16-12-1905)
* The London Indian Society and Prof. Gokhale (16-12-1905)
* Transvaal Permits (16-12-1905)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (21-12-1905)
* Letter to High Commissioner's Secretary (22-12-1905)
* The Harvest (23-12-1905)
* The N. G. R. and Indians (23-12-1905)
* Indian Traders at the Cape (23-12-1905)
* Agreement Between Hindus and Muslims (23-12-1905)
* Wonderful is the Way of God (23-12-1905)
* A Retrospect (30-12-1905)
* The Orange River Colony (30-12-1905)
* Disunity and Riots in the Heidelberg Community (30-12-1905)
* Education Among the Kaffirs (30-12-1905)
* Awakening in China (30-12-1905)

### 1906
#### January 1906

* Letter to High Commissioner's Secretary (3-1-1906)
* Letter to M. H. Nazar (5-1-1906)
* The Outlook (6-1-1906)
* The Status of British Indians (6-1-1906)
* Indians in the O. R. C. (6-1-1906)
* Letter to Mohanlal Khanderia (14-1-1906)
* Letter to Mohanlal Khanderia (16-1-1906)
* Letter to Mohanlal Khanderia (18-1-1906)
* Payment of the Poll-Tax (20-1-1906)
* Mansukhlal Hiralal Nazar (27-1-1906)

#### February 1906

* Black and White Men (3-2-1906)
* Sir David Hunter (3-2-1906)
* Our Tamil and Hindi Columns (3-2-1906)
* The Shah of Persia (3-2-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (9-2-1906)
* Letter to Town Clerk (10-2-1906)
* Lord Selborne on Christians and Mahomedans (10-2-1906)
* British Indians in the Transvaal (10-2-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (13-2-1906)
* Letter to Town Clerk (13-2-1906)
* Letter to Acting Chief Traffic Manager (14-2-1906)
* A Reply to the Leader (16-2-1906)
* Transvaal Indians and Permits (17-2-1906)
* Johannesburg Trams and Indians (17-2-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (17-2-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (18-2-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganilal Gandhi (19-2-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (21-2-1906)
* British Indians in South Africa (22-2-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (22-2-1906)
* The King's Speech (24-2-1906)
* British Indians in the Transvaal (24-2-1906)
* A Restriction Wave (24-2-1906)
* A Permit Pillory (24-2-1906)
* Tamil for the London Matriculation (24-2-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (26-2-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (26-2-1906)
* Address to Abdul Kadir (28-2-1906)
* Speech at Farewell to Abdul Kadir (28-2-1906)

#### March 1906

* The Royal Visit (3-3-1906)
* Indians and Responsible Government (3-3-1906)
* Indian Traders at the Cape (3-3-1906)
* Indian Travellers on the C. S. A. R. (3-3-1906)
* Warning to Indians Passing Through Middelburg (3-3-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (3-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (4-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (5-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (5-3-1906)
* Letter to A. J. Bean (5-3-1906)
* Letter to A. J. Bean (7-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhl (Before 9-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (9-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (9-3-1906)
* Fragment of a Letter (After 9-3-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (Before 10-3-1906)
* "Influx of Asiatics" (10-3-1906)
* A Contrast (10-3-1906)
* A Crying Shame (10-3-1906)
* A Poll-Tax Grievance (10-3-1906)
* Indian Passengers by the German East Africa Line (10-3-1906)
* The Natal Indian Congress (10-3-1906)
* A Fresh Move to Separate Vryheid from Natal (10-3-1906)
* Mr. John Morley and India (10-3-1906)
* New Regulations for Domicile Passes, Etc., in Natal (10-3-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (10-3-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (On or after 11-3-1906)
* "Legalized Robbery" (17-3-1906)
* The Poll-Tax (17-3-1906)
* A Plea for Indian Volunteering (17-3-1906)
* An Inter-State Native College (17-3-1906)
* Sir William Gatacre (17-3-1906)
* Under-Population in Australia (17-3-1906)
* Disabilities of Transvaal Indians (17-3-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (17-3-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (19-3-1906)
* The Early Closing Act of Natal (24-3-1906)
* The Coloured People's Petition (24-3-1906)
* The Coloured People's Petition (24-3-1906)
* A Word to the Muslim Community in Heidelberg (24-3-1906)
* Smallpox in the Cape (24-3-1906)
* Plague in Sydney (24-3-1906)
* A Certificate for Soap (26-3-1906)
* Letter to Hajee Ismail Hajee Aboobaker Jhaveri (28-3-1906)
* Petition to Lord Elgin (30-3-1906)
* The Early Closing Act (31-3-1906): the Bulwark of Justice (31-3-1906)
* Indian Volunteering (31-3-1906)
* The Transvaal Constitution (31-3-1906)
* Indian Labour for the Transvaal Mines (31-3-1906)
* Indians at the Cape (31-3-1906)
* Death of Miss Bissicks (31-3-1906)
* Permit Hardships in the Transvaal (31-3-1906)
* War Claims (31-3-1906)
* New Committee of British M. Ps. for Indian Affairs (31-3-1906)
* Sir George Birdwood's Courage and the Meanness of a Club (31-3-1906)
* Donation by Cadbury Bros. (31-3-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (31-3-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (31-3-1906)

#### April 1906

* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (6-4-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (Before 7-4-1906)
* Letter to the "Leader" (Before 7-4-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (7-4-1906)
* The Haven of Refuge (7-4-1906)
* The Indenture Tax (7-4-1906)
* Political Turmoil in Natal (7-4-1906)
* The Land Act in the Transvaal (7-4-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (7-4-1906)
* Extracts from Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (10-4-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (10-4-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (11-4-1906)
* Letter to William Wedderburn (12-4-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (13-4-1906)
* Letter to Chhanganlal Gandhi (13-4-1906)
* A Hard Case (14-4-1906)
* The Transvaal Permit Ordinance (14-4-1906)
* A Licensing Petition (14-4-1906)
* A Licensing Circular (14-4-1906)
* The Natal Rebellion (14-4-1906)
* A Threat to Hawkers (14-4-1906)
* The Ladysmith Licensing Board (21-4-1906)
* Transvaal Permits (21-4-1906)
* The Durban Town Council and Indians (21-4-1906)
* Travelling Difficulty on the C. S. A. R. (21-4-1906)
* Vesuvius (21-4-1906)
* Indian Deputation to England (21-4-1906)
* Instructions to Indians Coming to Natal by Steamer (21-4-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (21-4-1906)
* Indian Opinion (23-4-1906)
* To Young Muslims (24-4-1906)
* Speech at Congress Meeting (24-4-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (25-4-1906)
* Interview to "The Natal Mercury" (Before 26-4-1906)
* An Indian Offer (28-4-1906)
* The Natal Shops Act (28-4-1906)
* Financial Position of this Journal (28-4-1906)
* Appeal to Young Indians in South Africa (28-4-1906)
* The Meeting at Mombasa (28-4-1906)
* The Natal Rebellion and Aid to Natal (28-4-1906)
* Stir in China (28-4-1906)
* Evils of Tobacco (28-4-1906)
* The Fate of San Francisco (28-4-1906)
* Reply to Young Men's Mahomedan Society (28-4-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (30-4-1906)

#### May 1906

* Natal Land Bill (5-5-1906)
* Cape Dealers' Licences (5-5-1906)
* Britain, Turkey and Egypt (5-5-1906)
* Our Duty (5-5-1906)
* The Example of Mombasa (5-5-1906)
* Workmen's Living Habits (5-5 1906)
* Indian Merchants' Chamber (5-5-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (5-5-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (5-5-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (6-5-1906)
* Letter to Lord Selborne (Before 12-5-1906)
* Indian Volunteering (12-5-1906)
* Indian Permits (12-5-1906)
* The Coloured People's Petition (12-5-1906)
* Home Rule for India (12-5-1906)
* The Chinese Can Return (12-5-1906)
* Natal Shops Act (12-5-1906)
* Johannessburg Letter (14-5-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (16-5-1906)
* An Asiatic Policy (19-5-1906)
* Move for Shop-Closing Hours in South Africa (19-5-1906)
* Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp (19-5-1906)
* Our Shortcomings (19-5-1906)
* "The Rand Daily Mail" on Indians (19-5-1906)
* Instructions Regarding Permits for Children (19-5-1906)
* The Question of Repatriating the Chinese (19-5-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (After 18-5-1906)
* Letter to "Transvaal Leader" (21-5-1906)
* Empire Day (26-5-1906)
* A Railway Grievance on the N. G. R. (26-5-1906)
* The Natal Land Act (26-5-1906)
* A Sign of Chinese Awakening (26-5-1906)
* The Yellow Peril (26-5-1906)
* Wealthy Americans (26-5-1906)
* Changes in the Condition of China (26-5-1906)
* The Prince of Wales' Visit to India (26-5-1906)
* Discrimination Against Indians in Basutoland (26-5-1906)
* Chinese Labourers (26-5-1906)
* The Shops Closing Act (26-5-1906)
* The Natal Smallpox Act (26-5-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (26-5-1906)
* Letter to Lakshmidas Gandhi (27-5-1906)
* Statement Presented to Constitution Committee (29-5-1906)

#### June 1906

* Indian Passengers (2-6-1906)
* A Permit' Case (2-6-1906)
* The Late Dr. Sathianadhan (2-6-1906)
* Immigration Law in the Cape (2-6-1906)
* Sir Henry Cotton and Indians (2-6-1906)
* The Natal Rebellion (2-6-1906)
* A New San Francisco (2-6-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (2-6-1906)
* Letter to Principal Medical Officer (2-6-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (6-6-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (8-6-1906)
* Indians and the Native Unrest (9-6-1906)
* Soldiers' Fund (9-6-1906)
* Indian Position in Natal (Before 13-6-1906)
* Pledge of Allegiance (16-6-1906)
* Lord Selborne (16-6-1906)
* Mr . Seddon (16-6-1906)
* Letter to Patrol Leader (18-6-1906)
* Letter to G. K. Gokhale (22-6-1906)
* An Important Permit Case (23-6-1906)
* Indian Volunteers (23-6-1906)
* The Case of Suliman Manga (23-6-1906)
* Indentured Indians in Ladysmith (23-6-1906)
* Indian Stretcher-Bearer Corps (23-6-1906)
* An Important Tenancy Case (23-6-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (23-6-1906)
* Should Indians Volunteer or Not? (30-6-1906)
* Extract from Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (30-6-1906)

#### July 1906

* Indian Stretcher-Bearer Corps (Before 19-7-1906)
* Indian Stretcher-Bearer Corps (Before 19-7-1906)
* Speech at Reception to Ambulance Corps (20-7-1906)
* Statement on the Diamond Jubilee Library ;(23-7-1906)
* Transvaal Permits (28-7-1906)
* Letter to W. Wedderburn (30-7-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (30-7-1906)
* Letter to Principal Medical Officer (31-7-1906)

#### August 1906

* Johannesburg Letter (Before 4-8-1906)
* Secret Justice (4-8-1906)
* Mr. Byte's Will (4-8-1906)
* Egypt and Natal, A Comparison (4-8-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (4-8-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (After 4-8-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (6-8-1906)
* Letter to "The Rand Daily Mail" (Before 9-8-1906), "Fair and Just Treatment" (11-8-1906)
* Speech at Hamidiya Islamic Society (12-8-1906)
* Letter to Dadabhai Naoroji (13-8-1906)
* Petition to Lord Elgin (13-8-1906)
* Letter to Haji Ismail Haji Aboobaker Johari (14-8-1906)
* India for Indians (18-8-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (18-8-1906)
* The Late Mr. W. C. Bonnerjee (25-8-1906)
* A Plea for Distinction (25-8-1906)
* The Condition of the Hindu Cremation Ground (25-8-1906)
* The Situation in Persia (25-8-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (25-8-1906)
* Long Live the Grand Old Man (Before 27-8-1906)
* Abominable! (Before 27-8-1906)
* Colonial Indians, Note! (Before 27-8-1906)
* The Cape Licences Act (Before 27-8-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (27-8-1906)
* Cable to "India" (28-8-1906)

#### September 1906

* Kodama, the Hero of Japan (1-9-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (1-9-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (3-9-1906)
* Congratulations to Dadabhai Naoroji (4-9-1906)
* Criminal (8-9-1906)
* The Grand Old Man (8-9-1906)
* Russia and India (8-9-1906)
* False Permits in the Transvaal (8-9-1906)
* The Hindu Cremation Ground (8-9-1906)
* Letter to Colonial Secretary (8-9-1906)
* Cable to Secretary of State for Colonies (8-9-1906)
* Cable to Viceroy of India (8-9-1906)
* Speech on the "Black Act" (Before 9-9-1906)
* Speech at Hamidiya Islamic Society (9-9-1906)
* The Mass Meeting (11-9-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (11-9-1906)
* Letter to President of Legislative Council (11-9-1906)
* Letter to Lt.-Governor of the Transvaal (12-9-1906)
* Reply to "The Rand Daily Mail" (l2-9-1906)
* Letter to "The Star" (Before 14-9-1906)
* The New Transvaal Bill (15-9-1906)
* Statement on Draft Asiatic Ordinance (Before 17-9-1906)
* Letter to the Press (19-9-1906)
* Letter to Dr. E. Nundy (20-9-1906)
* Letter to "Leader" (21-9-1906)
* The Late Justice Budruddin Tyebji (22-9-1906)
* The Transvaal Indian Protest (22-9-1906)
* Transvaal Permit Ordinance (22-9-1906)
* Difficulties of Indian Women in the Transvaal (22-9-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (22-9-1906)
* Letter to "Leader" (22-9-1906)
* Letter to Immigration Restriction Officer (22-9-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (25-9-1906)
* Letter to D. C. Malcolm (26-9-1906)
* Letter to Dr. E. Nundy (26-9-1906)
* A Pledge (27-9-1906)
* Letter to "Leader (27-9-1906)
* Letter to Dr. E. Nundy (27-9-1906)
* On Trial (29-9-1906)
* The Punia Case (29-9-1906)
* Transvaal Permit Ordinance (29-9-1906)
* Indians in Delagoa Bay (29-9-1906)
* A Warning (29-9-1906)
* Johannesburg Letter (29-9-1906)
* The Transvaal Ordinance (29-9-1906)
* Telegram to Transvaal Governor (30-9-1906)
* Speech at Farewell Meeting (30-9-1906)

#### October 1906

* Haji Ojeer Ally (6-10-1906)
* Divine Wrath on Hong Kong (6-10-1906)
* The Duty of Transvaal Indians (6-10-1906)
* Cable to Secretary of State for Colonies (8-10-1906)
* Petition to Lord Elgin (8 10-1906)
* The Deputation's Voyage I (Before 11-10-1906)
* The Deputation's Voyage Ii (11-10-1906)
* A Word About the New Municipal Ordinance (13-10-1906)
* Conflagration All Round (13-10-1906)
* Letter to Ramdas Gandhi (Before 20-10-1906)
* The Deputation's Voyage Iii (Before 20-10-1906)
* Some Questions (20-10-1906)
* A Ray of Hope (20-10-1906)
* Tyler, Hampden and Bunyan (20-10-1906)
* Interview to "The Tribune" (20-10-1906)
* Interview to "The Morning Leader" (20-10-1906)
* Letter to "The Times" (22-10-1906)
* Letter to F. Mackarness (24-10-1906)
* Interview to "South Africa" (25-10-1906)
* Telegram to Sir Muncherji Bhownaggree (25-10-1906)
* Telegram to Sir George Birdwood (25-10-1906)
* Telegram to Ameer Ali (25-10-1906)
* Letter to S. M. Manga (25-10-1906)
* Letter to J. H. Polak (25-10-1906)
* Letter to A. H. Gool (25-10-1906)
* Letter to L. M. James (25-10-1906)
* Letter to Sir George Birdwood (25-10-1906)
* Letter to L. W. Ritch (25-10-1906)
* Letter to Private Secretary to Lord Elgin (25-10-1906)
* Letter to Sir Muncherji Bhownaggree (25-10-1906)
* Letter to G. J. Adam (26-10-1906)
* Letter to H. S. L. Polak (26-10-1906)
* Letter to A. H. West (26-10-1906)
* Letter to Chhaganlal Gandhi (26-10-1906)
* Letter to Sir Henry Cotton (26-10-1906)
* Letter to Dr. J. Oldfield (26-10-1906)
* Letter to L. W. Ritch (26-10-1906)
* Letter to Professor Parmanand (26-10-1906)
* Letter to H. O. Ally (26-10-1906)
* Letter to Yuk Lin Lew (26-10-1906)
* The Deputation's Voyage (26-10-19O6)
* Deeds Better than Words (26-10-1906)
* Drapt Letter to Lord Elgin (27-10-1906)
* Interview to Reuter (27-10-1906)
* Letter to H. O. Ally (27-10-1906)
* Letter to Dr. J. Oldfield (27-10-1906)
* Letter to J. C. Mukerji (27-10-1906)
* Letter to F. Mackarness (27-10-1906)
* Letter to S. Krishnavarma (29-10-1906)
* Letter to Private Secretary to Lord Elgin (29-10-1906)
* Letter to F. H. Brown (30-10-1906)
* Letter to J. C. Mukerji (30-10-1906)
* Letter to J. Royeppen (30-10-1906)
* Letter to M. N. Doctor (30-10-1906)
* Letter to Lord Reay (30-10-1906)
* Letter to H. O. Ally (30-10-1906)
* Letter to J. H. Polak (30-10-1906)
* Letter to W. P. Byles (30-10-1906)
* Letter to A. Mercer (30-10-1906)
* Letter to Mrs. S. Walton (30-10-1906)
* Draft Letter to Lord Elgin (30-10-1906)
* Circular Letter (31-10-1906)
* Letter to Professor Parmanand (31-10-1906)
* Letter to Lord Stanley (31-10-1906)
* Letter to F. H. Brown (31-10-1906)
* Representation to Lord Elgin (31-10-1906)
* Letter to G. Godfrey (31-10-1906)
* Letter to H. Rose Mackenzie (31-10-1906)
* Letter to Dr. J. Oldfield (31-10-1906)
* Letter to Yuk Lin Lew (31-10-1906)
* Letter to Private Secretary to Lord Elgin (31-10-1906)
* Letter to Miss A. Pywell (31-10-1906)
* Letter to H. O. Af.Ly (31-10-1906)
* Draft for Chinese Ambassador (After 31-10-1906)