Washington Conference.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1922, Page 3

Washington Conference.

vFrom the Special Representative of the Australian Press Association.)

AN INDIAN MOVE 1 (Received This Day at 1.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 4

Gandhi’s agents announce United States Senators heading a group of Americans pledged to support an Indian Republic. Gandhi cabled to his agents that Republic has been formed; The American message decided us. An army of defence will be sahctioiied arid the boycott extended to individuals. Women and children wp.ll be safe:”

Indian national propagandists here state the “American message,’ 1 ’ was from Senators Norris, Walsh, arid a number of publicists and jurists pledging United States support fdr an. Indiari campaign for Independence; Ghose, director of the American Commission to promote self-Government for India, explains the proclamation of a Republic of India is due to a pledge sent to Indian nationalists by a group of iiberty loving Americans. The provisional Governments will be organised in India and all the provinces placed under a central Government under Gandhi; . The official view is that Gandhi has been led mistakenly to interpret the sympathy extended by certain American opinion and that an attempt is being made to secure a definition of the attitude United States administration. The Government officially knows nothing of the movement.