The Qadian Diary — Page 59
Letters, Correspondence, and Articles 45 timely action. But as even this innocent signalling has been made the basis of a serious allegation we have since discontinued that too. 4. The fourth allegation against the Ahmadiyya Com- munity of Qadian is that some Ahmadies go about wearing Military uniforms and thus the people of the countryside are made to believe that they are Military men. If that impression has really been created we are sincerely sorry but the fact is only this much that some retired ex-soldiers wore these uniforms because they are dust proof and do not require frequent changing and also because in normal times no objection is tak- en against them but since we were informed that they are banned we have strictly prohibited their use. Having briefly stated the above facts it may be respectfully submitted that the actual results that accrue from acts supposed to have been committed by a person or persons are certainly a much surer and in fact the only real guide to determine the true nature of such alleged acts or the intentions of the doer or doers of those acts. From the terrible things that have happened in the past three weeks in the Gurdaspur district generally and in the countryside round about Qadian particularly it is quite clear that for miles around Qadian, village after village inhabited by Muslims has either been burnt or looted and its people have been either killed or made to flee for their lives. If the intention of some of our people had really been what has been attributed to them and if they had actually indulged in acts of aggression that have been ascribed to them the result would have certainly been different. In fact the tale of woe and misery of the Muslim population round about Qadian leads only to the one conclusion that our men never intended to commit or actually committed the acts of aggression