Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
BRITISH
MUSTER
I Rl|)PS
Prepare For Emergency
Following Arrest of
Mahatma Gandhi
LEADER IS JAILED
Head OF Passive Revolt
Surrenders To Govern
ment Without Trouble
BY FRANCIS Low
United Press staff CorreSponden

| OH1Ieu freSS Sta11 correspondent
BOMBAY, India, May 5.-Strong
forces of British and Indian troops
were ordered mustered for any
emergency in the chief cities Of In.
dia today as the Mahatma NJ. X.
Gandhi was put in a British jail
his most dangerous battle front in
the nationalist campaign for inde-
pendence.
Bells tolled in Bombay, signify
ing a nationalist call for day CT
mourning as the man whom India's
millions call the "great soulo was
placed in Yeroda Jail in Poona for
an indefinite term. No formal
charge was announced.
Hartals-days of cessation Of
work which are tantamout to par.
alyzing strikes-were declared in
many cities where all shops were
tightly shuttered and barred. Only
Moslems and some factory workers
hesitated to join the Bombay hartal,
| which was started under the eyes
| of heavy patrols Of soldiers.
Troops and armored cars patrloled
Ahmedabad, where hartal parlyz.
ed business; Peshawar was throng-
! ed by troops; the wife Of the Nah.
atma led demonstrations at Jalapur
where a hartal was declared: all
business ceased at Navsari; tho
surat district, where Gandbi was
tarrested, observed q day of mourn
ing and professions and hartals
were reported for various smaller
centers.
The salt law was broken in many
districts, including Broach, Surat,
Alibag, Dharwar, Go Tai, Ahmedab,
| Peshawar and Benares. One Of the
persons arrested at Benares was re-
leased after he apologizede. Others
| were arrested at Thana, Ankola,
Nagpur, Ratnagiri and Arvi.
"I hope India will show her met
tie and give a fighting reply to the
government g unwafranted action,'
Mrs. Gandhi said when informed of
her husbands arrest.
Congress leaders advised the peo-
| pie to remain calm but many small
noisy professions were organized
and paraded the Bombay streets.
Pickets were established in Bonn
bay to enforce the hartal in Sec
tions where it was not joined volun-
tarily by shopkeepers and workers.
Arrest Ii Quiet
The arrest of Gandhi at the small
village of Ashram Karadi, near
/ Surat, was dramatic but without
any demonstration on the part of
independence workers. The Nah
atma was wakened when an elec-
| tric torch was flashed in his face.
He stared up into the face Of the
police superintendent, who was ac-
companied by the district magis-
trate and 20 armed police.
Gandhi raised himself and asked
| if they had come for him.
Eyes" replied the magistrate,
"we have orders to place you under
arrest
The Mahatma arose and asked il
| they objected to his cleaning his
teeth before they departed. The
| Officers said thev did not. SO
Gandhi cleaned his teeth with con-
traband salt that he had refined in
his campaign against the salt laws.
While he was preparing to de-
part, some of his volunteer work
ers appeared but did not interfere
with the officers. The magistrate
then read the warrant for his ar
rest-the goal toward which he had
directed his effort since the start
of his present campaign.
The warrant specified that
Gandhi was to be returned to YER
oda prison. Gandhi then picked up
few articles and accompanied the
guards. to waiting car--a thinly
clad and aged man walking conf
IDENTIFY between the officials.