Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-07
INDIA MAKES
CREATHEADWAY
in FEW YEARS
Not Yet Ready For Home
Rule, Though, Says A. I.
Miller Here Today.

Miller Here Today.
India is not vet ready for home
rule, although steps In the last few
years by both Indians and the British
have made rapid ad
A. L. Miller, formerly
the Y. NJ c.. A.. and for ~ years
general secretary Of the ~" at La
hore, India, said upon his arrival in
Grand Forks today. Mr.. Miller spoke
at the Kiwanis club this noon. To-
night, he will address the Hi-Y club.
Riots, bloodshed and the internal
strife which has torn India during the
year or two. has been in spite of,
rather than because Of the work of
party, Mr.. Miller said. Gand.
hi. a wellbred high caste Hindu, has,
in his opinion, a larger following than
probably any man in history and GER
tainly larger than any other person
His people follow him with
an almost fanatic hero-worship; when
it becomes known that he is to stop
or pass through even a small town.
the entire countryside stops work and
swarms to the village to pay homage
to the man whom they hail as a J.,
Mr.. Miller declared.
Asks Bloodkess Revolution.
Gandhi, whose aim is a bloodless
which would bring abso-
home rule to India, forms one Of
the worlds most interesting charac-
ter studies. Mr.. Miller believes. After
from an Indian university
where he made a brilliant record,
Gandhi took a law course in Oxford
where he graduated with high honors.
He went to East Africa and practiced
attaining brilliant success and a
huge fortune. At that time. Mr.. Mill
er said. there were many Indians in
East Africa and the Doors began to
legislate against them.
1T was Gandhi who chan,pioned
their cause" Mr.. Miller added, che
knew his people were not strong
enough to fight in the courts and it
was then that he conceived the non
cooperation movement. Through this
he asked the Indians to refuse to deal
with Doors or the British government.
with the result that he attained a
great victory and the Indians were
given back their rights. In putting up
fight, Gandhis lost his entire for
Helped During War.
During the war Gandhi threw his
support to the British government and
he was active in helping in war bond
subscriptions and in raising troops.
nearly million and a quarter of
whom were sent to France, Mr.. Miller
said. When the war ended and Eng
land did lot give India the home rule
which its nationalist leaders declared
had been promised, India turned to
Gandhi a s their leader and have fol-
him with an almost fanatical
loyalty. HE probably has a larger
following Of people who will do any
thing he ask than any other person
the world today, if not in history"
Mr.. Miller said. Gandhi has given up
law practice. which was very
and zoe about in plain
clothes, preaching his doc
of home rule through a bloodless
Nothing, he says, Is to be
by bEoodshed.
Gandhis program. as given by Mr..
Miller. calls for a complete severance
from the British government. which
plan which is instituted
In Africa. He asks Indians to refuse
to buy British made goods and weav
their own cloth, n they do 50: he
asks students to refuse to attend col
subsidized BY the British gov
eminent and and more students
are coming to America; he asks them
to refuse to pay taxes and refuse to
obey British laws. but live properly,
and they do so. Mr.. Miller said. The
riots, such as the recent demonstra-
ton upon the arrival of the Prince of
Wales. are in spite of Gandhi's each
lngs, he said, and come because he
has so many followers that he is un- |
to control them.
Theory Won't Work"
His theory" Mr.. Miller said, lis
fine as far as it goes-but it won't
From the governments stand
points the situation is this: while they
slow in responding to the de-
Of the Indians. when they did
get around to study them they put In
very fine arrangement known as the
scheme" This gave the In
dian legislature control over certain
of government, such as educa-
agriculture, and a few others.
and was a splendid start Through it
the Indians are being tried out, to see
If they a rule themselves intelli-
gently. 1t is a big step in advance and
if they make good on the
power given them they will have an
increasingly larger square in their
own affairs"
IA AOl do SLIOAS DIS LIE XNdllOH-
alist party, the group known as the
Moderate party is growing, he said.
This party believes that the best way
to serve India is through cooperation
with the British government, Mr..
Miller said, instead Of through Gand-
his plans. In. many ways Gandhi's
work has been good for the country
Mr.. Miller said, and there is no doubt
but that the country is a new India,
socially. educationally and economic
ally. r%,s
Mr.. Miller spoke of meeting Gandhi,
at a university meeting at Lahore
more than a veal ago. After Gandhi's
meeting he was granted an interview,
and during this he noted that the
leader had a copy of the New Tesla
ment on his desk. When Mr.. Miller
expressed establishment that a Hindu
should read the book, Gandhi replied
that all of his ideals Of brotherhood
and democracy had come from the
New Testament. He added that he
was particularly interested in the
Sermon on the Mount and that he
read passages from the book daily.
India hasa friendly feeling towards
America, MFR. Miller said. as is proven
Thy the increasing number Of Indian
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