Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-03
Great Delegation Attend
Congress In India

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 thou
sand delegates from all parts Of In
dia, including several thousand wom-
en-. assembled 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
congress, 80 as to secure 1.-THE attain
ment of 'swarat Irrational sovereign
ty) by all peaceful and legitimate
means" Asignifcant omission from
the resolution. fas the clause refer
ring to the use OF constitutional
methods for the attainment of self
government within the British en-
pire."
Other conferences held at Nagpur
took the general attitude expressed
by the congress. The Ail-India
Students Conference passed a reso-
luton in favor OF Immediate and I'M
conditional boycott Of the govern
:nent and the government aided
schools and colleges" Lajpat Raj
presiding at a conference held for the
purpose of protecting cattle against
slaughter and export. declared that
the cattle question could not be set
tied until national sovereignty was
obtained.
The opening speech Of the presid-
Ing officer of the congress outlined a
plan for the immediate boycott of
British trader In order that the
ruling power may be "graduaIly ex-
haustcd." he advocated a plan nv
which English planters. merchants.
traders and manufacturers In India
may be faced with q scarcity of
labor. This. he maintained, would
produce national strikes or upskiiled
workmen In the railway, postal and
telegraph departments.
M. X. Gandhi, leader of the move
ment. In moving the resolution to
amend the constitution OF the con-
gress declared '"if midas wrongs
are not redreSsed, and IL elementary
justice ID not done. we have no wish
to retain the connection with the en-
pire, but II the connection means the
advancement OF India we do not want
to destroy It."
LaJput Raj, In supporting Gandhi's
resolution. said the latter gave In
Ola the free choice OF determining
her own destiny and OF no more de-
pending upon British statesmanship
which had proved failure" and IT
meant giving notice that midas re-
naming in the empire would be OF
her own free decision and free will"
Under apother resolution unani-
mously adopted parents are to be
called upon at a later time to with
draw their children under age from
state aided and tate-owned schools
and provision IL TO be made for
training In national schools. Students
OF 16 are to be called upon to with
draw from state-aide and state
owned institutions and either to de-
vote themselves tothe non-c oopera-
ton movement or continue their
studies In national institutions. Mer-
chants and traders. In order 70 make
India economically Independent, are
also TO be called upon to carry out
gradual boycott OF foretyu trads and
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