Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
FARLEY TOO SLOW,
GANDHI COMPL
Declares Committee Mem
berS Are Not Representa-
tives of Indian Nation.
nv the Associated Press.

kty the ASSDGlhkSu E1tSss
LONDON, September 17.--Mahatma
Gandhi protested against the. repre-
sentation upon the Federal Structures
COMMITTEES of the 1ldian round table
conference at It's session today. declar-
ing the members OF the committee were
not representatives of the Indian ma
ton, but of the government.
The Mahatma told the committee its
proceedings seemed to him to be in
terminable and to be leading nowhere
Since Mr.. Gan5hi's speech Tuesday,
the COMMITTEES has been discussing a
mass Of detail under the agsnda head
"tiirect and indirect methods of cleo
ton
The Nationalist leader declared a
feeling Of oppression had been growing
upon him ever since Monday and that
it finally grew SO great that he was
compelled to protest against the man
ner in which the committee was going
about its work.
He compared the proceedings of the
committee to "a debating society,"" in
which each member gave IAN eloquent
discourse upon the several points sew
orally raised. but said he did not see
how any conclusions were ever to be
reached.
he pleaded that the committee in
Its deliberations make provision for
ndia-wide adult suffrage without quail
fication of wealth, class or literacy.
while want my people to have a
knowledge of the three RS should
have to wait until the Greek Kalends
for that to come to pass, and am not
prepared to wait that long for their
vote," he said.
Seeks Interviews.
Gandhi has been silent spectator
since he outlined his own terms fer
settlement of the Indian problem on
Tuesday
Sometimes he appears to be restless
as he listens to the technical debate
about details of the proposed Indian
constitution which was discussed at
great length during the first Round,
Table Conference, and he has sought
interviews with the British leaders on
the theory that perhaps he could ac-
complish more in such conferences than
In the open meetings of the committee
Unless the government leaders are
prepared to assure him that they will
accept the platform of the Indian Ma
tionalists as a basis for negotiations,
MIR. Gandhi said today, he Is ready
to take the first ship back to Bombay.
He has promised the government, how
ever, that he will not resume the civil
diSobedience campaign until this Round
Table Conference has had chance to
meet the NATIONALIST demands.
Public Speeches Promised.
Meanwhile, he has agreed to make a
series of public speeches in the inter-
ests of the Nationalist cause, having
received the sanction of Prime Minister
Macdonald for such appearances.
Next Wednesday he is to speak at
the Guild House at London and on
October 8 he win speak here again
at 81 gathering of missionary. organiza-
tons. On October 81 he viii address
the British clergy at Westminster, and
he has several engagements to appear
before labor organizations in Lanca-
shire and elsewhere.
The Mahatrna stalked into the ''rlc III
ct Of parliamentsv last hight and plead
ed for the Labor partVss support.
He had been invited to address Labor
members of the House Of Commons pri-
vately regarding midas claims.
He said his case was complete in
dependence for India, the same as that
enjoyed by Great Britain. He would