GANDHI'S FAST
ONLY TWELVE HOURS TO GO, WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? (United I’lgss Association—By Electric Tek-gi-iipii—Copyright. J (Received this day at 11.5 a.m. CALCUTTA, -May 28. Only twelve hours are icit lor Wan-* dhi to complete his twenty-one days’ fast, during which lie has lived entirely on mineral water.. Ho. was described to-night as “holding lilis owti,’" ana there is every probuinlity of liis being able to enjoy liis goats’ milk and Orange fttiec at noon to-morrow. -- At tlio. end or the last nobody, .least oft all, Gandhi appears to know what it is all about, \\ lictlier it is an expert piece of political chicanery in order to embarrass the Government, whether ,it
is an insane act o. a megalomaniac, ay a superb, altruistic gesture it is a complete failure, as it lias excited less interest among the masses than any previous act in India. The political intelligcnta regard the “old man” as a nuisance, while the man in the street regards. him with amused tolerance.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1933, Page 6
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167GANDHI'S FAST Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1933, Page 6
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