TRIAL OF STRENGTH

Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1930, Page 3

TRIAL OF STRENGTH

Dlt GANDHI’S statement; ,*i p, V; V ' [United Press Asso'clfttfon- -By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] ;;.'. LONDONS Jan. 23. Dr Gandhi, the leadeE,-of the extreme Nationalists. ip India, declares a defiance of British ipoAVjßr ,in kti e?c* cltisive interview with tltei jDallyl.'Express special . corespondent, Mr 0? 9Ketelmm. . -i.jp ; . Ci , 'i'lie correspondent - . says that.. Dr . ii- ini i was Hoiking- si spinning wheel while he spnhc. DrvGa»iJhi,‘fi a id,: -A trial, of strength/is at hand! Events now enti rely .depend on ,j>tb.e British Goverpment, ,fpr we will,: not particij- ,. s , pa e in any, conference,; either now* pr in the future, unless it;is .one that Jjj called to consider our- complete seeps? sion from Great Britain. The day lias passed when we can accept' anything less. You will noj,v find millions ,of our men and women in .their cottages spinning hour after hour. This means that our whole nation , will boycott foreign-spun cloths. This must eventually mean the end of the British pre-dominance in our industry, which is the chief reason for the presence of your, troops,”. , • i. . The . correspondent l.e.ft ; pf. Gandhi spinning., - Squatting on, the sand ’side him was,...the famous Miss lene Slade,, the. daughter of the late . : Admcr,e r;i Slade.whpj fpur l „and a Half,-, years ago, abandoned,society arid went •to Tndla to - erfiWage. TTindviism. Mi?#;". 'B'a;de; is now barefooted,, wearing .a “plain-: Indian.,swari, .and she accompv allies Dr Gandhi, everywhere.. ' A..