Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
HINDU SHOPS CLOSE,
OPPOSING GANDHPS
ARREST BY BRITAIN
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ceeded to carry out his customary
ritual, using salt in the operation:
Gandhi asked whether the district
magistrate would let him know the
charge upon which he had been ar
rested, and the magistrate read out the
the century-old ordinance for protec-
ton Of British authority in India.
The Mahatma was asked to hurry.
He handed over to one Of his volun-
teers q letter he had written to the
viceroy, as well as some other letters,
and, putting his talkli, or portable spin
ming wheel, under his arm, he left with
the officers.
Spirited From Train TO Prison.
It was 10 minutes past 2 o'clock when
Gandhi entered the motor lorry, &C
companied by policemen, which brought
him to the Gujerat mail train on
which he travelled the next lap Of his
A waiting automobile carried him
from the train to the jail at Yeravda,
town near Poona, where there Is q
large British garrison.
The arrest was made under article
IS Of the ordinance Of 1927, which pro-
vides for the arrest and internment Of
any who may threaten civil disobedi-
ence that in the eyes Of the government
imperils British authority. Under the
ordinance, the Mahatma, who is ven
Grated by a large section Of the Indian
masses, will remain in prison without
trial during the pleasure of the govern
ment.
The arrest had been predicted for
several days after 1t became increasing
ly apparent that in new phases of the
civil disobedience planned by Gandhi
there was q threat of serious disorders
and trouble for the authorities. Gand-
hi has sought arrest since March IL,
when with 10 devotees, he left Ahmad-
facture salt in defiance Of the British
monopoly.
Britain Moves to Bar Disorders.
Prior to its action the government
took extreme measures to insure there
being no disorders. In Bombay the
authorities were prepared for any
emergency.
In the past few weeks serious rioting
has broken out In Calcutta, Peshawar,
Poona, Madras and other cities in pro-
test at arrest Of lesser leaders, notably
Jawaharlal Nehru, president Of the
All-India National Congress, and Mayor
j. M. Sen Gupta Of Calcutta.
It was Gandhi,s hope that in the
martyrdom to be achieved by being ar
rested the dissident Indian elements
would be drawn into the Nationalist
camp and united with fervor to carry
the campaign Of civil disobedience to
success.
The government finally acted in
Gandhi's case as he prepared to raid
the government controlled salt depots
at Dharsana, and to 60 to Bombay per-
sonally to lead 100000 Satyagrawa vol
unteers In civil disobedience and pas
sive resistance to British law.
Jailed 3 Times by England.
Gandhi has been arrested three times
by the government. The first time was
cooperation with the British govern
ment resulted In outbreaks Of violence.
He then was sentenced to six years Inn
prisonment, but was released in 1924
because of i'll health. He was arrested
again In 1928, after a campaign for
destruction Of British cloth, but was
only fined.
Volunteers of the all India National
Congress, whos have followed Mahatma
Gandhi almost unquestionably during
his campaign against the salt laws, an
after dawn. Changing bells, they
marched throughout the city, hating
at street corners to call on the public
to observe q general hartal or stoppage
Of work, and to attend a public meet
ing this evening.
News of Arrest Spreads.
At daybreak the news began to travel
swiftly throughout all India. A govern
ment communique announced the ar
rest, deploring the necessity for such
action.
Two of Gandhps sons are in prison
under sentence for salt act violations
and taking part In the civil diSobedience
campaign. Mrs. Gandhi has not been
molested.
The holy ones" first arrest followed
closely upon his return from South
Africa, when his fellow countrymen fol-
lowed him in campaign of passive
resistance. At that time the govern
ment released him In response to a ire
mendouS pressure exerted from all parts
Of the Indian domain.
The court and all present rose out
of respect to Gandhi when he was ar
raigned and the Judge expressed deep
regret at having to impose the SEN
tence.
To the Associated Press Gandhi re-
Gently declared that his present cam
paign Of civil disobedience had for its
end not the immediate establishment
of independence, but the removal of
certain grievances, economical and
moral" and the holding of a confer
ence that must take place If independ-
ence Is to be established peacefully"