The Washington times., 1922-04-09

foundation OF the British Raj was
laid.
"a homely craft was murdered,
and the peace ana plenty Of In.
dams robbed to fatten the share
holders and directors of factory
promoting companies of England.
On the wake of the ruin
OF the wcavers followed the ruin Of
the Mgrtcuiturists. who were often
the same people. by g system of
land tax heavy beyond measure.
The hand that spun In
India supplied the nation with food,
comfort and liberty. II 10 at the
point Of the spindle only that ws
shall win hack our freedom.
"Cleta. cssvssh. cloth. everywhere.
bundles and bundles of IL of ali
sizes. shades ana degrees of fins-
ness--yst not q yards length to
call our cwni II was Indian cloth
that supplied the marksts OF the
world a couple OF centuries ago,
yet rndis 10 the bessar Of today,
looking to other countries to cover
her naksdness. Duchashana, bad
government. has been attempting
to denude heri there 10 yet time
to save her from disgrace. The
sons Of Bharats have only 20 be
believers In the sudarshana Cha
kra.$
JOINED THE VOLUNTEERS.
For the past twelve months
numerous women of various ages
have Joined the Indian National
Volunteers TO carry out the work
OF non-vtolent non-cooperatson
with the British Government. The
women volunteers proved to be
tho most efficient pickets for the
boycott OF British subsidized
saloons and Hritish protected
shops fer the sale OF British
goods.
Tho boycott of the British goods
and the ioss of liquor revenues
induced the British Government
to outlaw the National Volunteers.
The volunteers took up the chai-
ienEs. and the public sided with
the volunteers.
In the city of Calcutta thou
sands Of defiant volunteers have
been imprisoned, and thousands
more have enlisted. Women of
all walks of life threw off their
wells and began to act as piciets,
specially 20 enlist new volunteers
and sell homespun cloth.
The leaders of this movement
were Deshsbandhu Chitta Ranjan
Das and bis wife. Basanti Devi
Deshandhu. Das was elected the
president of the Indian National
Congress for fits Ahmedabad ses-
sion I'm December last. He was,
however, arrested and imprisoned.
His wife, too. was arrested. and
was kept inside the prison for a
night.
The feeling on the arrest of an
Indian woman ran so high that
she was released the next day.
WOMAN CARRIES ON WORK.
As I'm Egpyt, Mime. Taghlul
Pssha is carrying on the work OF
her exiled husband, similarly Ba-
santi Devi is carrying on the ma
tionsl work OF her imprisoned
husband with augmented vigor,
scientific precision end unalloyed
consecrstion. On the eve OF the
opening of the last Congress she
wrote letter TO Mahatma Gandhi,
which reads thus in part:
Dear Mahatmsji: regret very
much that I cannot come and at
tend, the congress. My presence
In Bengal is absolutely necessary.
We are fighting whole-heartedly
I'm Bengal. and we are determined
10 see the struggle through. I
find Il difficult to leave Bengal at
this critical stage Of the fight.
The fight rs going on. not only in
Calcutta, but all over Bengal In
all the districts. hope you win
understand my difficulty and ex-
cuse me. / hope you won't be In
convenienced because OF my alb
senoe. In the Bengal
fight the oo-operators and the non