Evening star., 1922-07-05
NATIONAL INDIA
HOPE Of GANDH|
From Prison Cell Urges
Friends to Carry on Work
He Began.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AIMEDABAD. India, June 5.-Ma-
hatma Gandhi. in prison here for
sedition. declares his loss of liberty
cannot materially affect the progress
of Indian nationalism and urges his
friends to carry on the work in
which he had so large part. He
has no complaint to make regarding
his treatment by prison officials
Gandhi remains loyal to the princi-
pie Of Swadeshi. which he dehnes as
that spirit in US which restricts us
to the use and service of our i'm
mediate surroundings. TO the eNciu-
sion of the more remote" In re-
liRion he would follow only the forms
Of worship used by his ancestors: In
politics he would maze use only or
INDIGENOUS institutions; in economic
life he would use only things pro-
duced by his immediate neighbors
and would serve only those indus
tries which are native 10 ms own
country He is at enmity with MOD
ern civilization.
Explains His Beliefs.
Writing to a friend in. India. Gandhi
explains his beliefs and aims In these
words:
between east and west There Is no
such thing as western or European
civilization, but there is modern
civilization which is purely materiai.
The people of Europe, before tney
were touched by modern eiViiiza.lon'
had much in common with the peo-
pie of the east.
"It, is not the British people who
are ruling India, but it is modern
civilization, through Its railways.
telegraphs, telephones and almost
every invention nln which nn N mas s;v,Iiza, Hssn
tion. Bombay, Calcutta and the
other chief cities of India are the
real plague spots.
IF British rule were replaced 70
morrow by Indian rule. based on moo-
ern methods. India would be no pei
ter, except that she would De aoIe
then to retain some of the money that
is drained away to England: but then
india would become only second or
fifth nation of Europe or America.
East and west can only really NEE.
when the west has thrown overooero
modern civilization, almost in It's en-
tirety. They can also seemingly meet
when the east has also adopted mod
ern civilization, but that meeting
would be an armed truce.
Medical Science "Blnck Magic
Medical science is the concentrated
essence Of black magic. Quackery is
Infinitely preferable to what passes
for high medical skill. Hospitals are
the instruments that the devil mas
been using for his own purpose, In
order to keep his hold on his king
dom. They perpetuate vice, misery.
DEGRADATION and real slavery. II there
were no hospitals for venereal dis
eases, or even for consumptives. we
should have less consumption ana
less sexual vice among US.
India should wear no machine
made clothing. whether 1t comes out
Of European mills or Indian mills.
.India's salvation consists in un-
learning what she has learned during
the past fifty years. The railways.
telegraphs, hospitals. lawyers. doc
tors and such like have all to go. and
the so-called upper classes have to
learn to live religiously and deliber-
ately the simple peasant life. know
ing it to be a life giving true happi-
ness.
"There was true wisdom in the
sages of old having SO regulated So
ciety as to limit the material condi-
ton of the people; the rude plow OF
perhaps 5000 years ago is the plow
Of the husbandman today. Therein
lies salvation. People live long under
such conditions. in comparative peace
much greater than Europe has en-
joyed after having taken up modern
activity.