El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-06

ON INDIANS
THREATENED


are not fully trusted.
llahatma Ghandi has resisted so
FAR the use OF force, but bound GO
with his movement IS the agitation
winch the Germans started even be-
fore the great war and which has
been continued and maguifled by the
BolrhevistE and 1ohammedans. work
fnr together. Gandhi has brought
the people Of the country together,
but it IS a question whether me or
sanitation. IN the end, VIII not be
seized by the forces Of action
New Real Leader Of India
For the present, however Ganchl
is the real leader Of india In the
national congress which met IN cal
cutta in September the 5000 dele
gates showed overWh elmingly tnaL
they were ready TO follow his leao
because the people believed In him.
When the test came on the propcsal
no LONGER TO cooperate with lne Arlt-
fsh government the vote was 4eyo %
500. and the majority would have peen
much larger except that many dele
r--rrr ffndinr the result was a fore
zone conclusion, did not feel IL was
necessary TO remain until the enc
az the siL-day session Ten OF the
u provinces stood with him and one
OF the opposing provinces was BuIIlaa.
which can hardly be called part OF
eocfatious, meeting at the same Llll-9s
backed him unanimously.
Thus all Of India was commlLlea
70 one OF the most remarkable pro-
grams ever devised Its CHIEF points
are: 49,, -
refusal TO attend government lule-
Withdrawal OF children from the
r-o~erun,ent schools and PROSTITUTION
of national educational instltutloI.s-
Gradual boycott Of the brlllsn
courts and establishment OF private
tribunals, as IN Ireland
Refusal 70 volunteer Tor army 1eIF-
Zee in 1Iesopotamie-
Withdrawal OF all candidates unleE
the new British scheme Tor limited
nar1iaueutary government ana re-
fusal 20 vote IN elections
Boycott Of foreign goods ana res
toration OF home spinning
His Doctrine Of Soul Force
Gandhi laid a strong 1ouldallon ~
Years OF service for the loyally 70
iin Of the Indians. his opportunity
came Is years ago, when a cry VEN
41u from the Indians who had peen
i---.f to south Africa by the white
settlers and reduced TO q conail-o1
Of practical slavery lie went me
I'd frht their battle, stood up under
system Of non-Vlo-enl r5=-5 -. -
which ne has now taught 20 en- -I1la-
T7e called It the doctrine OF salya-
eraha and this Is how he once os-
scribed IT. o,
Tts root meaning Is holding on %
the TRUTH hence truln-LoIls- 80. -
also called it love force or sour Lorle-
.57srn-arsd in the earliest stages
tie pursuit OF the truth did NOT aa-
--fr ~ violence being inflicted on
ones cupouent- but that he must pc
-eaned OF error by patience SO = ~
nathv. Patience means selL-sli -e- ne
- the doctrine came 20 mean N4n-l-
Lion 81 tie truth, not by inliction
III suffering on the opponent, oul on
~ mus had his philosophy ready
when the great crisis came IN 4nqia
following the war. lie p--le1 -
aeoul force against the mater -
ro-es OF the rulers. To-Day the brlt-
Ssh government would give A----- ----
10 have had that test 49,
IN the war, India had given 1reeis
90 f-- -frhne and men 10 help the en-
ufre. but 81 mad also taken serio 4s-1
che ureachments OF se-lL-le - ~ -
ton Of peoples and liberty Wnlcn nc
beeu So emphasized in the propaga.l.l-.-
----f7rf GERMANY. German. Turkish
md later Bolshevist agitators nelps1
effr M the feeling. Finally the w.
nd 600 1rohammedans Of the western
nae Of the dominion were oeep-y
stirred by the fact that me Heale -
ryl--fFtfan powers were about % taAe
orsrlordship OF Turkey ana PERSIA
the slrougholds Of the -oi-n-
Sir Michael O'Dwyers governor
General OF the Punjab, and other IN
nerfal officers became alarmed AZ -
evidences Of unrest II was us-Ll--
that II the aEfrators were slppIeas--
The people would become qlle- = -sss
pr--Tatt. an eminent BRUSH 1lf-H-s
---i- counsel with the authorities ana
drew IN the remarkable set OF avs
mitch were proclaimed early IN -5---
--re- cave 10 the authorities Lle
rirht to arrest without Warranl g.
tention without trial. secret lIl--1
--ffrout counsel OF confronting LAe
accused with witnesses, and olheE
G-8dEf Preached the @HartnI.'
a-ainst these laws Gandhl IN
-af-red from one end or lndla 70
~. other Although he was "a Hlncu
1le was acclaimed By the people OF
all the divergent races ana rstls-o -;
He preached his doctrine OF SOU
fo-cea and advised the use OF the
'.hartaI." a form Of general slrlAe
1-rouvn for AGES past in the land
MUS il came about that in the lat-
ter DAYS Of March. 1913. and me cary
DAYS Of April. the British autno rlllea
s. india and particularly I'm the Pun
as 800 rudEenlv confronted with
Something they had never seen De-
f-re-a dsmcnEtrariou OF the com
nIete solidarity OF the peoples or lne
land IN great cities the Wnole pQpl-
1affon ceased all work on orders
given overnight
sir Michael called in a barrister OF
TuTIundur. one Raizada BnagAt ram
and demanded 20 know what vas pe-
hind The demons ralion-
40 nv mind" returned Raizaea,
sTt was due 10 the soul torce OF NJ.
GandhL"
81 1rfchaef. according 70 the report
or tro LAWYER. raised his fist and re-
tortcd. eRaizada Sahlb. remember
there IS another force greater than
she soul OF Mr. GandhL
Then the AmrltEar aInssaere.
The force OF which Sir Michael
spoke. the power o. the British en-
pire. was used Cen Dyer was elsen
authority to Eubdue the agllators-
lie arrested the agents OF Ganchi-
Riots followed He forbade meet
InEs- enc was held in a walled en-
closure outside Of Armitsar and upon
10 he turned his troops with rifles
and knives until more than 1000 Of
the persons attending had been killed
or wounded.
since then the soul force" OF
Gandhl has been marching on to one
victory after another. lie was put
fn Jail, but 10 was found too danger
Gus 20 keep him there Gen. Dyer
has been recalled and disgraced By
the government and the house OF
commons though upheld in the Tory
house OF lords, Sir Michael O'DWyer
has been removed from his post A