There were, at the time, twenty thousand passive resisters, who were all making their preparations to march over the high veldt into the Transvaal in order to court arrest. ![]() It was midsummer in the Southern Hemisphere, and the heat that day was terrific. The most vivid impression of him, which stands out in my mind today, as I write this article, is that which I obtained during a very long and tiring day in Durban, South Africa, during the final act in the drama of the Passive Resistance Struggle. Therefore I am able to write from what I myself have seen and heard and known. My own experience of him has been probably more intimate than that of any other Englishman for I have had the unspeakable and inestimable privilege of his friendship, not only in India, but in South Africa. It may be well for people in America to receive at first hand a brief account of some of those characteristics in Mahatma Gandhi which make him the greatest spiritual influence in Indian political life at the present time. He was known as Deenabandhu (friend of the helpless) – as he was described by Gandhiji – and as "Christ’s Faithful Apostle." He contributed greatly to promoting appreciation in the West of Gandhiji, Tagore and India’s urge for independence. Andrews (1871-1940), an Englishman, was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, and a friend of India.
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