INDIAN UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1921, Page 5

INDIAN UNREST.

AGITATORS IN CONFERENCE. GHANDI’S POLICY ENDORSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Delhi, Dec. 28. The committees of the Khalifat Conference and the National Congress, sitting simultaneously at Ahmedabad, defeated amendments in favor of altering the creeds of the conference and congress by dropping the non-violence policy and aiming at independence outside the British Empire. Ghandi opposed the amendments and uttered a warning against the alienation of the moderates.

Ghandi’s resolution in favor of the continuance of the non-violence creed was overwhelmingly adopted. Twelve thousand attended the National Congress. Ajmal Khan, actingpresident in place of Das, who is undergoing a term of imprisonment, welcomed the action of the Government in. attempting to repress the movement as strengthening the people’s determination to continue the struggle vigorously. He was gratified that Egypt was following India’s example of non-violence and cooperation. He declared that India was experiencing the birth pangs of a young India, which would revive the glorious traditions of the ancient country. Messages were read from Das and his wife, exhorting all to act now or never by joining the volunteers and suspending normal activities. The conference adjourned.