New Britain herald., 1930-03-08
Decision of Nationalist Congress
 Of India to Work for Complete
 Independence Was Turning Point
Resolution of Hindus to Strive After Freedom Changed Mahatma Gan dhi's Entire Life.

London. March LP-The decision Of the Indian nationalist congress 70 work for complete independence 1 from Great Britain marks a turning point in the career of Mahatma Candhi and envisions possible vlo- i loncc, Q thing that has always been Ecld repugnant to him.
 When the ParGccs abandoned tin movement to boycott the ceremonies welcoming thn Prince of Wales Tn India in 1921. their enraged con- patriots robbed and burned their homes and killed many of them.
 Gandhi. apostle of non-violenct, immediately recalled the mass civil disobedience order which he had issued and began long fast as pen arce for the nationalists' sins of yio, lcncc.
 But at Christmas, 1921, when the Prince of Wales w,t5 in Calcutta, the nationalist congress at Ahmadaba1 ] elected Gandhi dictator" and gave him authority to name his own sue cessor. The nationalists wished 10 authorize violence if necessary" but Gandhi threw so much force against the proposal that it was defeated.
 Congress Outlawed The British authorities could ID longer ignore the rebellious tenden
 cies of the na,ionalists and outlaw cd the congress. arrestng thousan1s Of men and women. At that moment CanI1,i 1,rnhoh htNr would have precipitated a revoll ton, and nationalists today assert that Gandhi had been secretly as sured that native Indian troops, in i cluding the Sikhs. awaited only his word 10 revolt This was inconsis; ent with the principles of the apos- tie of violence, but GandhI, pushed to the limit by the extreme ists among his followers, did ser,s ar ultimatum on the viceroy giving him seven days in which to change the governmental policy and threa, cning the next step of mass civil disobedience should that fail ! Then came the ChauriChauta riot. Police interfered with relii gious procession in that town and 27 ot them were pursued 10 their bar racks and killed Violence had again spoiled the Mahatma's plans. He immediately suspended his ulti- matum to the yiceroy and again did 1 penancc.
 The Indian mystic had been threatened with arrest for about year. The government at last took 1 the long contemplated step and ar-
 rested the Mahatma as he led 'hs 1 followers in sundown prayer on the
 banks of the river Gujrati. Appear
 ing in court wearing only a loin [ cloth, he was sentenced to six years for sedition at Ahmadabad on Marca
 IS, 1922. He became No. 2S7 rr
 Yerawada prison and entered upon
 a six-year program of self-improve-
 ment. But he was released in Fen-
 ruary, 1924, after serving nearly two years.
 ! Gandhi immediately resumed i leadership of the nationalists and
 urged them to take up spinning 1 their own yarn for cloth as an an 1 tidote to violence and for economic
 reasons. The Indian leader wishel i to break 1ndia's independence up n | Lancashire for textiles. The charha | or spinning wheel was placed OH i the nationalist flag.
 In December, 1924, Gandhi heal
 cd the nationalist congress which | met at Belgium. It was his first appearance since his Imprisonment | The next year woman, the Poetess Sarojini Naidu, led the nationalis-s meeting for the first time. Therr-
 after until the congress of Decent- | ber 1929, Gandhi kept out of the ! limclight. Then last Christmas re came out for complete independence | from Great Britain, a more radical
 step than he had ever before advo-
 Catcd.