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whatsoever that both England and the town dwellers of India will have to answer, if there is a God above, for thiscrime against humanity which is perhaps unequalled in history”. Statement at trial at Ahmedabad, March18, 1922.See Young India March 23, 1922 99. Also: “The greatest obstacle in the path of non-violence is the presence in ourmidst of the indigenous interests that have from British rule, the interests of worried men, speculators, scrip holders,land holders, factory owners and the like. All these do not always realise that they are living on the blood of themasses and when they do, they become as callous as the British principals whose tools and agents they are”. YoungIndia, February 6, 1930.23“Then you have ‘not being in conflict with the best interest of the nation’. I have in mind certainmonopolies, legitimately acquired understandably, but which have been brought into being in conflict with the bestinterests of the nation. Take this white elephant which is called New Delhi . . . I contend that these buildings are inconflict with the best interests of the nation. They do not represent the millions of India. They may be representativeof the monied men who are sitting at the table, they may be representative of His Highness the Nawab Saheb ofBhopal, or of Shri Purushottam Thakurdas or of Shri Pheroze Sethna or of Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, but they are notrepresentative of those who lack even a place to sleep and have not even a crust of bread to eat. If the NationalGovernment comes to the conclusion that place is unnecessary, no matter what interests are concerned, they will bedispossessed, and they will be dispossessed, I may tell you, without any compensation, because if you want thisGovernment to pay compensation, it will have to rob Peter to pay Paul, and that would be impossible”. Selectionsfrom Gandhi (Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1957), p.109.24. Young India, October 15,1931; Harijan, June 1, 1947.25. The Modern Review, October, 1935.26. Harijan, July 31, 1937.27. “In reality, the toiler is the owner of what he produces." Harijan, December 5, 1946.28. Harijan, 4 August 1946;ibid., April 20, l940.29Young India, November15, 192830. Harijan, February 13, 1937; Young India, August 4 1927; Harijan, July 3, 1937.31. Young India, March 26, 1931.32. Ibid., October 20, 1946.33. Ibid., December 16,1939.34. Young India, March17, 1927.35. Harijan, August 25, 1940.36. Ibid., February 1, 1944.37. Constructive Programme, p.18; Harijan, March 31,1946.38. Young India, March 26, 1931.39. Constructive Programme, p.18.40. Harijan, December 16, 1939.41. Ibid., February 20, 1937.42. Young India, November 26, 1931.43. Ibid., August 4, 1920.44. Harijan, February 20, 1937.45. “The idea of class war does not appeal to me . . .”, Anand Bazar Patrika, August 3,1940.46. Ibid.47. Harijan, 20 April, 1940.48. Ibid, March 31, 1946. Also Young India, March17, 1927.