A huge mass meeting was held yesterday [April 15] evening at Sabarmati [near Ahmedabad] when Mr. Gandhi delivered an address in Gujarati, thousands of copies of which were distributed to the crowd. He said he was sorry that he had over-calculated the chances of Satyagraha being understood by the masses. It was a serious question for him, whether he could at all, whilst the spirit of violence continued, seek rearrest by going to Delhi. It was a matter of shame for them that the English residents were obliged to leave their bungalows and confine themselves to a few well protected houses. It was their duty to treat them as their brothers and assure them of their absolute’bona fides’. It was necessary to do penance for the past deeds. Some people consider that his release was due to the deeds of lawlessness and violence. Mr. Gandhi himself did not think so at all. After all, what was burnt was national property and it was national loss. Mr. Gandhi himself felt his responsibility was greater than anybody else.
