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આ પત્ર વિષે ખીજાં કંઈજ ન કહેતાં એટલુંજ કહેવું થશે કે મિ. ઇરવિને પોતાની રૈયતમાંના ૧૦-૧૨ માણુસાએ સાક્ષી આપ્યાનું જથ્થાવ્યું છે તે નર્યું જાણું છે, કારણ એમણે જાવ્યું તે પહેલાં ૧૦-૧૨ નહીં પણુ ૮૦૦ માણુસાની જીભ લેવાઈ ચૂકી હતી. t entourage to come to him. When Government ord were received revoking the earlier proceedings he pas on to Bettiah, but his doings in Motibari bore fruit s shortly after his departure an outwork of the Turkan concern was burnt down. I may here say parentheticn that of my 20,000 rayots (more or less) not a dozen n attempted to go near Mr. Gandhi, and of these muajority went out of curiosity pure and simple and no seri charges of any kind were made. So in this matter I h no personal quarrel with Mr. Gandhi, Naturally arrival in the Bettiah Sub-Division was objected to both planters and officials and the former sent a depr tion to Rancbi to try to get the Clovernment to put end to, or at any rate keep under some control 1 Gandhi's activities. This resulted in the local offici and Mr. Gandhi being summoned by wire to attend conference in Bankipore, which ended in Mr. Gandl being permitted to return and continue his doings n more uncontrolled than ever and clothed the rayot's mi in the garment of recognition and approval by Gove: ment. He visited a village in the Dhakrha Factc dihat the rayots of which in his presence and bef the S. D. O. and Factory Manager, foully abused Hindustani the Factory head-servant, and while I