AFFAIRS IN INDIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1920, Page 6

AFFAIRS IN INDIA.

I ' GANDHI'S CAMPAIGN. ' ... GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. By Teleeraiih.—Press Assn Copyright. Delhi, Nov. 6. The Government of India have issued a definition of their attitude towards Ghandi's non-co-operation movement. They declare it to be non-constitutional, as its object is the paralysis and subversion of the existing administration. They refrained from taking action, firstly, because of reluctance to interfere with liberty of speech and the newspapers at a time when India was on the eve of a great advance towards the realisation of responsible government; secondly, because of reluctance to make martyrs of individuals, some of whom may be honest in their convictions; thirdly, because they trust that the commonsense of India will reject the suggested non-co-operation as visionary and chimerical and leading only to chaos and loss of the benefit attained by years of orderly progress. The manifesto refers to the fact that the movement has failed so far as the educated classes are concerned, but the non-co-operators now are appealing to immature students and the illiterate masses. It adds a warning that the continuance of the Government's present policy of non-interference depends upon the success of moderate citizens in keeping the non-co-operation movement within reasonable bounds.—Reuter.