South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-05
GANDHI DECLARES
IMPRISONMENT WILL
NOT HINDER CAUSE
Urges Friends to Carry on
Work Of National Liberty
for India.

AHNrEDABAD india June s.
CBy A1au)-N1ahatna Gandhi. p.
prison here for sedition. declares
lis lose o. ln5e--y cannot materially
affect che progress Of India nation
sIism and urges his friends 90 carry
on the wors IN which 80 had 80
s-ge part he has 10 aOT- plant
70 make regarding rs treatn.-n by
prison officials.
G7udh. remains ioyal 20 the prin-
eip-es o. Swadeshl. which ne de-
fines az that spirit ga ~ which re-
stricts Us 20 the use and service or
our immediate surroundings 70 the
exclusion Of the more remote In
religion he would follow only the
forms OF worship used by HIS an-
res- ors. IN politics. he would make
use or,v Of Indigenous Institutions;
In economic ufe. be would use only
things produced oy his immediate
neighbors and would serve only
those Industries which are native 20
bis own country lie IS at enmity
with modern civilization
Writing % a friend In India. Gan
dhi eru- aims h.s beliefs and aims I'm
these words.
There is no impa ssl1le barrier be-
tween East and West There is no
such thing as Western or European
clv.Iizs tlou. but there De- modern
civilization. which IS purely mate
rial. The people OF Europe before
they were touched by modern civili-
zation, had much in common with
the people OF the East.
TT r. not the British people who
are ruling India. but 80 Is modern
civilization. through its railways
tolegraphs. telephones. and almost
every invention which has been
claimed 90 be a triumph OF civiliza-
ton Bombay. Calcutta and the
other chief critics OF India are the
real plague spots
"Tf British rule were replaced to-
morrow by Indian rule based on
modern methods. India would be no
better except that she would be
able then 20 retain some OF the
money that "a drained away 90 Eng
land but then India would become
only a second or fifth nation Of Eu-
rope or America. East and West
can only really meet when the West
has thrown overheard modern CIV
uization. almost fin its entirety.
They can also seemingly meet when
the Fast has . adopted modern
civilization. bu tat meeting would
be an AIMED truce
Medical science is the conceu-
trated essence OF black magic
Ouacller Is infinitely preferable 70
what passes for high medical skill.
Hospitals are the Instruments that
the devil has been using for his own
purpose, I'm order 70 keep his hold
on his kingdom. They perpetuate
vice. misery. degradation and real
slavery. IF there were no hospitals
FOR vencreal diseases. or even for
consumptlves. we should have less
consumption. and less sexual vice
among us.
india should wear no machine. I
made clothing, whether It comes out
OF European mills or Indian mills. /
"India's salvation consists I'm un-
learning what she has learned dur
irr the past so years. The rail-
WAYS. telegraphs, hospitals. law
yers doctors and such like have all
10 GO. and the so-called upper class /
es have 20 learn TO i've religiousiy
and deliberately the simple peasant
life knowing e to be a life giving
true happiness.
There was true wisdom IN the
saecs Of old having so regulated
society as TO limit the material con-
diton Of the people; the rude pillow