I may leave all and go into seclusion or I may lock myself up in a room, or begin fasting. Now that you [Europeans] cannot go back to England, you will have to stay wherever and however I keep you. This will all happen before I speak.
The next day he added, "You cannot imagine what this war is going to bring to all ... Everything will change."
On the 9th of September Baba commented, "It will be a long war and it will cause unparalleled catastrophe all over the world."
A few weeks later on the 24th, he stated, "In the end there will be no victor, no vanquished. All will be crushed and exhausted. But it will usher in a new order in the world."
In this manner, Baba would continually comment about the war. Those near Baba observed that, in his work with the masts, the masts' reactions would be connected with events and developments related to the war. It is also significant to note that, for a few days prior to the outbreak of war, Baba had been feeling indisposed and running a fever. But, as mentioned, this did not stop his daily work with the masts.
Age saw similarities to the times of Krishna and Muhammad: "The war was waged at Baba's command as the whole world and universe are at the Avatar's command!"
Don was instructed to go daily to the Victoria Hospital in Bangalore to gain experience working as a doctor in India. Nilu went with him sometimes. Eruch was doing the bazaar for the mandali and serving as Chanji's assistant, attending to his secretarial duties whenever Chanji was out of town. Kaka was out hunting for mad and masts, and those whom he brought to the bungalow, Baba bathed, fed and then sent back to their abodes, usually on the streets. Adi Sr. was driving Don to the hospital and helping Kaka in the mast work.
Rano had been using a small cottage in the compound as a private studio, where she had begun a large painting of Baba standing, wearing a turban and scarf. But after a few weeks, Baba informed her she would have to move elsewhere, because the mad and masts from Meherabad were coming and he wished to establish a mast ashram in the Links' compound.
On 2 September 1939, Kaka and Swamiji had been sent to Mysore to locate and bring masts, but they had not been able to bring anyone.