The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-04
DETAILS OF DEBATES
IN CENTRAL INDIA
ARE JUST RECEIVED

New York, Feb. "details Of the
debates in the session of the Indian
National Congress held at Nagpur,
Central India, in December, have Just
been received in the mails by the
India Information Bureau of New
York, with the texts of resolutions,
addresses, etc, at the congress, which
have been briefly referred to in cable
advices. Twenty-Five thousand dele
gates from all parts of India, includ-
ing several thousand women, assemb-
led at the congress, and decided upon
an extension of the movement now in
progress, including non-payment of
taxes as an extreme measure.
One of the resolutions adopted
amended the constitution of the con-
gress, SO as to secure "the attain
ment of 'swaraj (national sover-
eignty) by all peaceful and legiti-
mate means" A significant omis-
sion from the resolution was the
clause referring to the use Of "con-
stitutional methods for the attainment
Of government within the British
empire"
Other conferences held at Nagpur
took the general attitude expressed by
the congress. Tie All-India Stud
dents Conference passed a resolution
in favor of immediate and uncondi-
tional boycott of the government and
the government-aided schools and col
leges." Lajpat Raj presiding at con-
ference held for the purpose of pro-
tecting cattle against slaughter and
export, declared that the cattle ques-
rion could not be settled until ma
t.cnal sovereignty was obtained.
The opening speech Of the presiding
officer of the congress outlined plan
for the immediate boycott Of British
trade In order that the ruling pow
er may be gradually exhausted" he
advocated a plan by which English
planters, merchants, traders and manu-
facturcrs in India may be faced with
scarcity of labor. This, he main
tanned, would produce national strikes
of unsllilled' workmen in the railway
postal and telegraph departments.
NJ. N. Gandhi, leader of the move
r,cpt, in moving the resolution to
amend the constitution of the con-
gress declared "if India's wrongs
are not redressed, and if elementary
Justice is not done, we have nc
wish to retain the connection with
the empire, but if the connection
means the advancement OF India we
do not want to desroy It,"
I.ajpat Raj in supporting Gandhi's
resolution said the latter gave India
the free choice of determining her
own destiny and of no more de-
pending upon British statesmanshir
which had proved a failure and II
meant giving notice that hdia
remaining in the empire would be oi
her own free decision and free VIII.
Under another resolution unani-
mously adopted parents are 70 Dc
called upon at later time to with
draw their children under age from
state-aided and state-owned schooiS
and provisions is to be made 1of
training in national schools. Stud
ents of 16 are to be called upon 70
withdraw from state-aided and state
owned institutions and either to devote
themselves to the non-cooperation
movement or continue their studies
In national institutions. Merchants
and traders, in order to make India
economically independent, are also
to be called upon the carry out Q
gradual boycott of foreign trade and
TO encourage native hand spinning and
hand weaving.