satisfied if I acknowledge the receipt in a prayer spee*
This I thankfully do now,
STRANGE PROTEST
It is strange that I receive telegrams from the ry
of the States, whose chiefs have declared their wish
merge in the Union. If a prince or a semi-prince fe
too isolated to carry on efficiently, who can com]
him to do so? Those who waste money on telegra
are advised not to do so. There seems to me to
something wrong about the senders of such telegran
Let them approach the Home Minister for light a;
guidance.
ADVICE TO UNION MUSLIMS
Many Muslims, principally from the Postal a:
Railway Departments, say that they had opted for t
sake of propaganda. Therefore, they would now like
reconsider their view. There are Muslims who have be
discharged from their posts, I presume, on the groui
of suspected anti-Hindu bias. My sympathy goes o
to all such men. But I feel that the right course is n
to resent pardonable suspicion, although it may be u
justified in~ individual cases. I can only prescribe n
old, well-tried remedy. Only very few can be accor
modated in the various Government departments. 1
get a Government job should never be the aim of li]
Honest living is the only worthy aim. This is alwa
assured when and if one is ready to do any labour th
comes to hand. Until the dominating and corrodii
communal poison is eliminated, I think it is necessa;
and dignified for Muslims not to aim at the loaves ar
fishes in Government employ. Power comes from since.
service* Actual attainment often debases the holder. 1
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