The Washington times., 1922-04-09

We know It for certain that In
spite of the foul and flimsy cal
umnies uttered by the British
propagandists and their Arueri-
can associates against the women
of India, she is most decidedly the
soul of the revolutionary move
ment with its various ramifieM-
fions
The great Marwarf community
of Calcutta Ia noted for its fabu-
lous wealth and it's equal economt-
cal proclivfties. Not long ago Ma
hatma Ganehi addressed meeting
OF 1000, principally Marwari wo-
men. Thus reads the account OF
the meeting as reported by tho Ann
rita Bazaar Patrika of Calcutta:
"At about D. m Mahatma Gsnd-
hi arrived. followed by Mrs. Gand-
hi and Bssanti Devi. and was re-
ceived by the women present with
loud shouts of 'sMahatmati- -Ki-Jst'
(victory TO the Mahatma).
"In their anxiety 20 touch the
feet of Mahatmaa the women be-
gan TO faii one upon the other
and some time passed before order
could be restored and the meeting
begun ss sThe Mahatrnaji NEXT
appealed TO them for the attain
ment of swarat tseif-sovernmeno.
"a hush fell upon the assembly
Cor fsw minutes and then Of q
sudden there fell a shower of cash,
eutness. gold ornaments ana pre-
csoss stones from the Iadiex Bas-
anti Dcwf and others at once Pre-
pared q bag of cloth and Mrs. 0and--
hi began to pick up the cash. gum
eas and ornaments. and 20 pour
them into the bag 30 formed. The
ASarwsrf women present gave their
precious bangles. bracelets, neck
iaoss, exxrings. anst1sts and other
1eweiev1aa~
MENTAL REVOLT NEEDED.
A greAs mental revolution 10
hecessaxy before women of any
country are willing chserfuiiy TO
give away their precious personal
Jewels. The spirit of seif-sacrfffcs
has perneated the women of India
to such an extent thst they have
already organized the Anti-Dia-
mond League In Bombay to dis
courage the purchase and use of
diamonds for personal adornment.
The money that win thus be saved :
is 70 be used for the purchase OF
spinning wheels. and hand looms
for the efficient and absolute boy
colt Of British cotton goods In In
dia.
The bonfire and the boycott of
British goods I'm India have hit
British Industries hard. Hundreds
OF mills and factories IN Great
Britain are closed up. and millions
OF min hands are out Of employ
ment.
AN EMINENT WORKER.
One OF the most eminent women
workers for the boycott is sarals
Deyi. Her social position ObeIng
the daughter Of Rabindranath Ts.
cores own sister. her intellectual
attainments as a poet, a writer and
an editor. her magnetic person
aIity have made her a prominent
factor in the modern movement
for the emancipation OF the moth
erland. In fact, II was she who
first organized group OF Bengaii
''rebeis" at her Bullygunj home
IN Calcutta.
After passing through various
phases Of mental prosress and
retrogression. the best thoughts Of
sarala Devi are today absorbed
in the boycott OF British goods.
She. like numerous other disciples
Of Mahatma oandhi. holds that the
ssinnfng wheel win win the war.
Thus she writes In her essay en-
titled at the Point OF the
spindle:'
"Ths British came 70 India not
as an Alexander or a Bonoparte.
but as a band OF traders Their
aim was not the construction Of
an empire. but the destruction OF
an industry. II was on the ashes
of tss spinning wheel that ths