PARTING OF WAYS
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GANDHFS AftltUDE WlLL READ PRIME MINISTER'S DECLARATION TWICE BEFORE DECIDING NO DISOBEDIENCE TILL RETURN ■ ^ \
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Rec. Dec. 4, 5.8 p.m. LONDON, Thursday. "I have formed the tentative coiiclusion that Mr. 'MacDonald's declaration means the parting of the ways," said Mahatma Gandhi in an interview. 'fHowever. I have promised to rCad the declaration twiee before deciding either way. There is no possibility of a revival of civil disturbance in Connection with the declaration, which is a national affair, until I have reached India and discussed the position with the Congress committee, although the committee is entitled to begin disobedience iii conneCtion with l'OCal gfievances if the Bengal ordnance is proceeded with. "This might lead to disobedience on a national scale because there is no justification for the ordnance, which miist legalise martial law, whereas the ordinary law is sufficient to deal with the situation. No self-respecting nation could aCcept such a thing as the Bengal ordnance for in my opinion it is unworthy of a eivilised goverrin— nt;"
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 89, 5 December 1931, Page 5
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