The next morning the mast cleaned his room himself, which he had never done before.
Again, on the afternoon of the 6th, the mast entered Baba's room, stood by the door and said he wished to leave. "I have to go to Mysore," he said. "If not Mysore then I will go back to my village."
Baba asked him, "What problem do you face here?"
The mast replied, "I don't have any problem here, but I have to go away." So Baba ordered the mandali to take him out of the compound for a walk. He was taken out, but wanted to walk to the women's side. The men tried to lead him away, but he was adamant. Finally, Baba sent a car, and Chatti Baba was told he would be taken to his village. Smiling, he got in and was driven instead back to his room.
Chatti Baba appeared very restless until eight that evening, and would frequently open and shut his door. On the morning of the 8th, he locked himself in his room and would not come out for his bath.
But the most significant incident occurred on Sunday night, 9 June, when the mast became suddenly violent, noisily leaving his small room and going directly to Baba's room. There he told Baba, "My house has been utterly destroyed! It is on fire! I have come to you for shelter!"
Baba at once ordered the mandali to leave him alone with the mast, and both retired into Baba's room and shut the door. The mandali heard Chatti Baba talking feverishly to Baba for a few hours, and then all was quiet. He spent the night alone with Baba in his room.
The next morning, 10 June, Baba left his seclusion, and explained about the mast's behavior: "Chatti Baba has a spiritual connection with France. He was overwrought with despair because of the cataclysm that is occurring in France these days."
Baba went to see the women, and at one point he commented, "If Italy joins the war, there will be world war! There will be utter destruction and chaos, just as I want. Then people will feel the hollowness, the emptiness of it all, and turn to God. Since I am in India, India will suffer a great deal also."
Later that day, to the surprise of the world, Italy declared war on England and France.
The next day, 11 June 1940, when Baba heard the news he remarked to the women, "Now, Turkey has to join, and then everything will go as I planned. So, if Turkey joins, cook rawa [a sweet dish] to celebrate.