The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-30

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girl. who saw and studied him at
/ close range, ia presented in the
! forthcoming issue of Asia. The nu-
] thor is Miss Gertrude Emerson, assoc
/ ciato editor of Asia. liy permission
| of the editor Of the magazine this
| selection from the article, which
| begins with the arrival of Gandhi
/ at rci. meeting uf the Indians at
| Ferozcpor. In the Punjab, Is pub
! hshcd:
"TheJsun was up sufficiently hich
| to make us thoroughly uncomfort-
| able before Gaudm finally arrived,
| In a carriage drawn boy two horses
! covered with necklaces ana chain1
| of flowers. As the grass In a field
| Is sometimes bent all one way by
/ the wind, 80 the people swaNcd FOR
ward. 4 few more or less self
! appointed directors Jumped up. wav-
] ing their arms franticallN shouting
/ To the masses to keep their seats.
/ The air was shattered by the tamil-
| lar cry OF 'Mahatma Gandhi M-tnN
| Victory 20 Gandhi, Great OF Soul
/ Then those OF US In the purdah soc
| tion saw how on the opposite side
a passag was being cl"avod through
the crowd ana some one was slowly
making his way toward the plat
/ form amid showers of far-tlung pet
ais and strung mar.go,ds.
There emerged a small, = almost
emaciated figure, with bare head
and feet, wrapped In Il nOndcscript
/ shawl such as Lincoln used to wear.
, lie sat down cross legged, iudiffcr-
ent to the shouting, acknowledging
! by neither word nor gesture the ac-
clamation with which he was being
received. II struck me that this was
not a man to be tempted choaply.
He probably weighed mob enthusi-
asm for what II was wurth--Com-
pounded OF mere love of Shouting.
of violent waving of arms OF curl
osity, Of tribute-pnying instincts eX-
pressing themselves primarily IN
homage to the man rather than his
ideas. For himself. he was oddly
shornful OF all this. or perhaps only
rather tired.
Not an Impractical Idcalst.
Nevertheless Mr.. Gandhi Is not,
as he is often described. an imprnc-
tiCal idcalist lie knows only too
well the strength Of mass support to
his cause. de knows that, partiCu-
larly here in India, tho ignorant
masses can be made to reflect in
multiple images the well-thought-
out ideas of the leaders. For the
sake OF the goal he has set himself.
realizing his singular power to weld
the masses TO at least scmbianCe
of unity Of feeling. he suffers him
self to he adored. am not one of
those who believe that he really
likes IL. AS he sat there in the alti-
tudc of an ascotic deep in cuntem-
plation, he remained curiously aloof
, from the crowd. nor did he ever
r descend to 1t. The cranins OF necka
. ceased a little as the people full
| filled their ambition to see theil
hero on his humble glory Somebody
passed up to him a small spinning
: wheel. A child near me began to
wall, refusing to be comforted by
A., the sticky sweets his mother coaxed
, him to accept. He continued hi.
; dismal howling. While this little
domestic incident distracted my at
tcntiOn for moment, Gandhi had
. risen and was preparing to address
! the crowd.
Unfortunately the time had come
for me to leave. II / was to get my
luggage from the cantonment sta
ton waiting room ana catch the .
2 O'Clock train for Lahore. | had my
= first lonog range view of Mr.. Gandh
but later in the day | was to see
him Mt closer quarters under extra
ordinary conditions. We continued
II journey to Lahore by the same
. train, Gandhi making his connect.
IONS at the city station. whore hC
had got Off. In answer to a note de,
livered 10 him by Abdul, one of-hii
three sons presently came back tC
! my compartment to say that III
; would come to the house Of Mr.
' l.aJpat Raj at 8 o'clock that eveninl
: ne would be glad TO see me. Mean
while we made a triumphant prog
:. ress that surely the Prince OF Walei
! might envy. Vast crowds had as
: sembled at every station. A cordo
OF volunteers had to protect tn,
n door OF Mr.. Gandhfs compartment
from being broken down. IT, M
might have been expected, the shout
= y Ing proceeded from the students ant
a the element that Gandhi himseL
brands as hooligan, many countri
Il people were there in "A spirit OF pro
FOUND reverence, They claspcd thu
A palms OF their hands together will
/ fingers pointing upward In tn,
a indian gesture that is both WORSHIP
. and greeting. and IL they could no
q be sure that they were greeting Ma
a hatma Gandhl himself, they wer,
,, content Just TO pay their respects t
II the traln that was carrying him.
4 Meeting With Gandhi
- In my concern to arrive in 600,
@ Time for my appointment. / foun,
II myself drawing up in front OF tn,
k house OF Mr.. Raj half an hour 10,
r, early. Ii seemed best TO wait wher,
d was, and | had just instructed tn
chauifeur accordingly when ca
e came swinging out of the gate Will
Il GaEdhi and half dozen people
Il crowded into the seats and on IN
: running board. When he saw me n
o stopped his car and explained tina
g ne was then on his way to a biz
= mass meeting In the Badshah
- Mosque. IT you would care L
o come he said, we could return I,
4 thls house afterward. Then I vii
Il answer any questions you wish q
s, ask me-
= He made room for me 20 sit be
~ side him, and Oft We drove to -th
o mosque through streets lined will
IS the cheering populace Of Lahore. in
Guiding many school children n
a Gandhi caps, singing a natlona
d song. Fifteen thousand people mus
x have been packed into the mOsqu,
= There was not anywhere squar
i foot OF unoccupied floor space, an
y those VINO could not get inside ha
y scramble q all over tha outside Of tn
u building so that every corniCe an
l. projection, and even the roofs wer
swarmin- with motley Gaudt
y throngs. We entered by a side door
"a Fand almu Il before / realized wha
T. was happening ! found myself obey
= ing Mr.. G. ndhis request TO preced
- ! him alOug the narrow temDOrHr