GANDHI'S WALK TO RESTORE PEACE
Reoeivod Friday, 0.4.1 p.m. L()XD()a, Jan. Eight armed gunrds and a doctor are accoiiipauyiug Gandlii on his "peace walkiug tour" th rough the villages of the. predominantlv Moslem area of Kasteni Bengal, on whieh lie started on .Tanuary 2 whicli was also liis 72nd birthday. The Daily Express Caleutta correspondent says that by dusk he had reached Chandpur, 21 niiles from Srirampur whieh has been his lieadqnarters for eight weeks, and there held eveiiing prayers. 11 ;s walk, whieh the eorrcspondent savs many tliink will finisl) onlv with his death, is intended to restore eonfidenee between Ilindu and .Moslem neiglibours. He did not want a poliee gnard but the Bengal Governuient eonsidered it neeessary.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 8
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