GANDHI’S POLICY
Mass Disobedience Unlikely
CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. SIMLA, April 28.
Mahatma Gandhi, in an article in his newspaper, “Harijan,” rejected the idea of any immediate campaign of mass civil disobedience. . . Nevertheless, he warned Britain that he is considering alternative methods, perhaps a more spectacular single act by himself, in order to convince the British Government of India's right to determine her future.
“Mass civil disobedience,” he wrote, “is most unlikely. The choice lies between individual civil disobedience on a large scale, very restricted disobedience, or action confined to ine. Mr. Gandhi added that he did not desire to embarrass the British, especially in the present circunistanceswben there was a question of life or death for them.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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120GANDHI’S POLICY Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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