New Britain herald., 1930-08-26
NATI0NALISTS TRY
 ID DRY UP INDIA
Women Fling Themselves Before
 Saloon Doors
1ahors. lBv m.LL-rneensoreal

Lahore. (Bv ncensored )- Women AIng themselves across the thresholds os liquor shops 10 pr"- ya9t entrance, Others help their men chop down thousands or todd} uaIm trees from which liquor is eA- .rac,sd Women paru-lpata n laaescd attacks upon liquor shops aa.htne tho h-rnr> md .rog@. Men and ~omca attack e@rrs ea"r>- .rE lgu0r 10 tn- shops and h4~~' open rha barrels and ser G"s 2 tha .q=0r.
 -or, Q. towns n la5.a n ,a- ,au.- .s,~n @. tha N.-onahzr- 10 n.4,-a .riI3 dry In n. -ruE=-a Nt.a B~ltsin for freedom Gardh. m3de total proMa.uou 9r Iudla one os ma eleven cardinal posr-- ot h.s program. For -le rrst time in rl- history oe India voa.s1 ar. p.aring a prominent parr sa political struggle. The. are concentrating their 3yturtas upon prohibition,
 Religion Bars Liquor
 Bv r4ne.on and custom Indla E rom.naI.r a prohibition country. The raH-l0ns ot both the Moham- redars and H.rdus impose ab- st,rence rom hauor upon the de vout. Bu- 'he advance Of modern western civilization brought n -r- train widespread ase CT }sllor anI drunkenness. Trara a~e now soro4 70,ooo liquor shops n British India alone
 urnAaz sz most prevalent n he craat IF 5az:.t-. u7GFers In- dtans have taken 10 uqaor muca as the American EaazE.as did to t-e white man ".re water" with similarly disastrous results
 Tho Nationals, campaign tor prohibition has -hrca-toli nur- pose-,o cu, om revenue which thr goveram-r- or India derives from he l.aGog -raEic. 10 enforce tho ranets Of their religion and 10 pro mote tr= health and 0ell-heiag ot t1a nation
 B. h.s r--=.or md hv personal conviction Gsrdh. l. an ardent dry h h.s early manhood before go- ing 10 London 10 z-u6y. Gan1.I's mo-rer extracted from hlnl a WOW 10 ab4.a4n from oatln- meat from liquor and az~ocisflo2s with von.- an. Tho WOW was taken befor. Jan pr.zs.
 Fell TodGy Palms
 AcCori.nE to my observations during oaa mile trip through India inc movement toward pro- hibit.or jz maaing much headv4y and considerably decreas.ng sales and the government revenue. n certain districts III Bombay Pre5t- dencv many thousands Of roddy palm trees have been felled to pre- vent extraction of liquor.
 More than -o,o"o trees were teued n one small district. Th.s method IS a particularly effective way of striking a- government revenue because toddy ralms ue~i fer IQuo- making are directly taxed FelNnc -he trees ends th@ taxation once for all The :eJlin- Is sometimes with and aomettmea without the consent Of the owners
 But the most extensive and ef- fectiva weapon ot the nauonalisls IS p:ckerlng oe shops by women volunteers who stand outside the place and t.aplora people no. ,o aid the government ov b4EInE lQuor or harancGe "ould-oa Cuz- toners regarding the evils O. drinking A. zome places won.o have thrown themselves across tha doorways and forced thirsty GUS toners 70 gtay out or sep over their bodies
 Social Liquor Boycott
 Another effective method ls social boycott Of liquor dealers by refus- ing to associate with or speak 10 them. and refusing 70 sell them food or clothing Al a recent auction Of liquor licenses in Bombay. which is one Of the means b% which the Eor- e-nmant derives liquor revenue. ne. 3 single bid could be obtained for licenses Women 7ichered the au.. ton room
 In number of cities -hrouGh0u India there have hean direct Gt- racks upon liquor shop hv crowds of Nat!onalla-a and tro places we've wrecked Several rios jn which many were injured hy police inter- yention hava followed attacks by crowds upon carloads o< lquor ha- tag distributed Q tho shops The government ie forced 70 furnish police guard for carts carrying liquor n some cities.
 Besides direc. action aEaInst tho Gse of Lquor Nauonelje+ women arc carving on an educational cam paign somewhat similar 0 he cam p2ign of the ". C. T L. in the United States years ago Banners and placards are carried in Nation alist rroces=iOns c%horting against liquor. The educational movement ig designed especially for children and young men The charge IS often made that widespread traffic in liquor is one of the results Of Brit ish rule although liquor was used before the British came to India
 The government has promulgated an ordinance against picketing and many perhaps thousands are under arrest and serving from three to four month rigorous i'm prisonments which i5 more severe han simple" imprisonment. Arrests are made daily in scores Of places.
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