EXPLAINS GANDHI'S 

 POLITICAL SYSTEM 



Prof. Joshi Calls Him Prophet 

 Of New Era 



Prof. S. Ii. Joshl, born In Didla and 

 now of Dartmouth College, spoke yes- i 

 tpfday afternoon at the Old South 

 Mpptinc Housfi Forum on "Oanrihi as 

 the ProphPt of a New Era.'' After re- ' 

 minding his hearers that Gandhi's title 

 r>I ■ mahatma" had been incorrectly tak- 

 rn '.n moan "monic," the speaker went 



man -vvuii a great soul." 



"Gandhi,'' he said, "believes In the 

 unity of the spirit of man everywhere, 

 and tliat. there is no reason why the 

 democratic experiment, should not be 

 tried out, amnns all peoples. As regards 

 political problems, one of hi,s Rreat 

 points is that '-\erv pobtical question, 

 whether riomestir or foreign, is at bot- 

 tom a moral problem, and that l,s ons 

 of the great contiibutions he has made 

 to modern thouRht, Political nupstlons 

 In India, as well as eLsewhere. belong, 

 aecording to him, to the, realm of 

 ethics. 



I "Gandhi applies the spiritual test to 

 all the things of human life, and it is 

 because of this attilude on his part 

 that, though living in the world, he has 

 to that extent renoimced the world. He 

 Is not merely 'a monk,' but a man of j 

 affairs, who reaches the real values of 

 all problems and , seeks to interpret 

 them in terms of eternity. Gandhi ia\ 



npresslon always 

 d on those who 

 him — that ol "'a 



